Preclassic period (Maya civilization)

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historical period

The Preclassic period of Maya civilization is the formative era, spanning roughly 2000 BCE to 250 CE, during which the Maya developed agriculture, complex societies, monumental architecture, and early writing systems that laid the foundations for their later Classic florescence.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Preclassic Maya period	5
Preclassic period	3
Preclassic Mesoamerica	2
Preclassic Maya	1
Preclassic period (Maya civilization) canonical	1
Preclassic period of Mesoamerica	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Formative period (Maya civilization) NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	construction of monumental architecture ⓘ development of agriculture ⓘ development of calendrical systems ⓘ development of early Maya writing ⓘ development of religious and ceremonial centers ⓘ emergence of complex chiefdoms and early states ⓘ emergence of hereditary elites ⓘ increasing social stratification ⓘ long-distance trade networks ⓘ sedentary village life ⓘ
endTime	circa 250 CE ⓘ
followedBy	Classic period (Maya civilization) NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Archaic period (Mesoamerica) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalEvidence	architectural stratigraphy ⓘ ceramic sequences ⓘ epigraphic inscriptions ⓘ iconographic murals ⓘ
hasCalendar	260-day ritual calendar (Tzolk'in precursor) ⓘ 365-day solar calendar (Haab' precursor) ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice	ancestor veneration ⓘ public ceremonial gatherings ⓘ ritual bloodletting ⓘ
hasDemographicTrend	growth of large regional centers in Late Preclassic ⓘ urbanization in some lowland regions ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	ceramic production ⓘ jade trade ⓘ obsidian trade ⓘ salt production and exchange ⓘ
hasImportantSite	Cerros NERFINISHED ⓘ Cival NERFINISHED ⓘ Cuello NERFINISHED ⓘ El Mirador NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaminaljuyú NERFINISHED ⓘ Lamanai NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakbe NERFINISHED ⓘ San Bartolo NERFINISHED ⓘ Seibal NERFINISHED ⓘ Tikal (early occupation) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMonumentType	ballcourts ⓘ plazas ⓘ pyramidal platforms ⓘ stucco masks and façades ⓘ
hasPart	Early Preclassic period (Maya) NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Preclassic period (Maya) NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Preclassic period (Maya) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	early Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
influencedBy	Olmec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
influences	Classic period (Maya civilization) NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Mayan languages ⓘ
locatedIn	Belize NERFINISHED ⓘ Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ western El Salvador ⓘ western Honduras ⓘ
partOf	Maya civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	early Maya polytheism ⓘ
startTime	Early Preclassic: circa 2000–1000 BCE ⓘ Late Preclassic: circa 400 BCE–250 CE ⓘ Middle Preclassic: circa 1000–400 BCE ⓘ circa 2000 BCE ⓘ
uses	maize agriculture ⓘ raised fields in some lowland areas ⓘ slash-and-burn agriculture ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Classic period → follows → Preclassic period (Maya civilization) ⓘ

subject surface form: Classic period (Maya civilization)

Formative period of Mesoamerica → alsoKnownAs → Preclassic period (Maya civilization) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Preclassic period of Mesoamerica

Mixteca Baja → historicalPeriod → Preclassic period (Maya civilization) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Preclassic Mesoamerica

Maya architecture → timePeriod → Preclassic period (Maya civilization) ⓘ