Mesoamerican peoples

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cultural group indigenous peoples pre-Columbian civilization

Mesoamerican peoples are the diverse indigenous civilizations of pre-Columbian Central America and southern Mexico, known for advanced agriculture, monumental architecture, complex writing systems, and rich religious and artistic traditions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mesoamerican civilizations 2
Mesoamerican peoples canonical 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural group ⓘ
indigenous peoples ⓘ
pre-Columbian civilization ⓘ
believedIn cyclical time ⓘ
sacred landscape ⓘ
built ballcourts ⓘ
pyramids ⓘ
temple complexes ⓘ
developed city-states ⓘ
maize-based agriculture ⓘ
regional empires ⓘ
domesticated beans ⓘ
cacao ⓘ
chili peppers ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
engagedIn long-distance trade ⓘ
hadReligion polytheism ⓘ
included Maya peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mexica (Aztec) peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mixtec peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Olmec peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toltec peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zapotec peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced later indigenous cultures of Mexico ⓘ
knownFor advanced agriculture ⓘ
complex writing systems ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
rich artistic traditions ⓘ
rich religious traditions ⓘ
languageFamily Mayan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mixe–Zoque languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oto-Manguean languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
locatedIn Central America ⓘ
Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern Mexico ⓘ
partOf indigenous peoples of the Americas ⓘ
played Mesoamerican ballgame NERFINISHED ⓘ
practiced ancestor veneration ⓘ
chinampa agriculture ⓘ
irrigation agriculture ⓘ
ritual sacrifice ⓘ
terrace farming ⓘ
timePeriod pre-Columbian era ⓘ
used codices ⓘ
marketplaces ⓘ
pictorial manuscripts ⓘ
tribute systems ⓘ
usedCalendarSystem 260-day ritual calendar ⓘ
365-day solar calendar ⓘ
Mesoamerican Long Count calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedMaterial feathers ⓘ
jade ⓘ
obsidian ⓘ
stone ⓘ
usedWritingSystem hieroglyphic writing ⓘ
logo-syllabic scripts ⓘ

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

Philip Drucker → ethnicGroupStudied → Mesoamerican peoples ⓘ
Tututepec → partOf → Mesoamerican peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mesoamerican civilizations
Dumbarton Oaks Papers → subjectMatter → Mesoamerican peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mesoamerican civilizations