Middle Preclassic

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Mesoamerican cultural period archaeological period

The Middle Preclassic is a formative period in Mesoamerican history marked by the growth of early complex societies, increasing social stratification, and the development of distinctive regional cultures and monumental architecture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Early Preclassic period 1
Middle Preclassic canonical 1
Middle Preclassic period 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican cultural period ⓘ
archaeological period ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Middle Formative ⓘ
appliesToRegion Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Olmec colossal heads NERFINISHED ⓘ
earliest Maya monumental architecture ⓘ
early calendar use ⓘ
early hieroglyphic writing experiments ⓘ
jade and obsidian exchange ⓘ
platform mounds ⓘ
public plazas ⓘ
ritual ballcourts ⓘ
characterizedBy development of regional cultures ⓘ
emergence of chiefly elites ⓘ
growth of early complex societies ⓘ
increased craft specialization ⓘ
increasing social stratification ⓘ
intensification of agriculture ⓘ
long-distance trade networks ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
village urbanization ⓘ
follows Early Preclassic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalDevelopment iconography linked to rulership ⓘ
increasingly formalized religious practices ⓘ
regional ceramic styles ⓘ
hasEconomicBase bean cultivation ⓘ
fishing and hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
squash cultivation ⓘ
hasEndTime c. 400 BCE ⓘ
c. 500 BCE ⓘ
hasNotableCulture Epi-Olmec NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Olmec NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zapotec NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableSite Cuicuilco NERFINISHED ⓘ
El Mirador NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kaminaljuyu NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Venta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monte Albán NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nakbe NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Lorenzo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tres Zapotes NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSocialFeature construction of elite residences ⓘ
emergence of hereditary leadership ⓘ
ritual centralization ⓘ
hasStartTime c. 1000 BCE ⓘ
c. 900 BCE ⓘ
partOf Preclassic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes Late Preclassic ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Mesoamerican chronology → subdividesPreclassic → Middle Preclassic ⓘ
Cuello → earliestOccupation → Middle Preclassic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Early Preclassic period
Uaxactún → earliestMajorDevelopment → Middle Preclassic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Preclassic period