Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Americas, The
6. Pre-Columbian (American)
7. [Pre-Columbian Middle American styles and periods]

Narrower term/s

• Mesoamerican periods[+]
  • Paleo-Indian (Mesoamerican culture or period)
  • Preclassic [+]
    • Early Preclassic
    • Middle Preclassic
    • Late Preclassic
  • Protoclassic
  • Classic (Mesoamerican culture or period) [+]
    • Early Classic
    • Middle Classic
    • Late Classic
    • Terminal Classic
  • Postclassic [+]
    • Early Postclassic
    • Late Postclassic
• [Mesoamerican regional styles and periods][+]
  • [Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles and periods] [+]
    • Central Plateau Mesoamerican periods [+]
      • Tlalpan
      • Tlatilco
      • Zacatenco [+]
      • Ticomán
      • Patlichique
      • Tzacualli
      • Miccaotli
      • Tlamimilolpa
      • Xolalpan
      • Metepec
      • Oxtotícpac
      • Coyotlatelco
      • Aztec I
      • Aztec II
      • Aztec III
      • Aztec IV
      • Tezoyuca
      • Chimalhuacán
    • Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles [+]
      • Mixteca-Puebla
      • Teotihuacán
      • Toltec
      • Aztec (culture or style)
      • Texcocan
      • Mexica
      • Acolhua
      • Tepanec
  • [Maya area styles and periods] [+]
    • Maya area architecture styles [+]
      • Chenes (style)
      • Puuc
      • Rio Bec
    • Lowland Maya area periods [+]
      • Xe (Maya culture or period)
      • Mamon
      • Chicanel
      • Matzanel
      • Tzakol
      • Tepeu
    • Highland Maya area periods [+]
      • Arévalo
      • Las Charcas
      • Providencia
      • Arenal
      • Miraflores
      • Aurora
      • Amatle
      • Tohil
      • Chinautla
      • Esperanza
    • Pacific Coast Maya area periods [+]
      • Ocós
      • Cuadros
      • Jocotal
      • Conchas (period)
      • Crucero
      • Izapa
      • Ilusiones
      • Laguneta
      • Cotzumalhuapa
    • Maya area pottery styles [+]
      • Plumbate [+]
      • Usulután
      • Fine Orange
      • Thin Orange
      • codex-style
  • Oaxacan [+]
    • Oaxacan periods [+]
      • San José Mogote
      • Guadalupe
      • Monte Albán [+]
    • Oaxacan styles [+]
      • Zapotec (culture or style)
      • Mixtec (culture or style)
      • Ñuiñe
  • West Coast Mesoamerican styles [+]
    • Mezcala
    • Aztatlán
    • Colima [+]
      • Los Ortices
    • Jalisco [+]
      • Ameca-Zacoalco
    • Nayarit (West Coast Mesoamerican) [+]
      • Ixtlán
  • Gulf Coast Mesoamerican styles [+]
    • Olmec
    • Classic Veracruz [+]
      • Tajin
      • Late Classic Veracruz
  • ahcolhuahcatl
  • xochimilcas
  • Cuitlahuacatl (style, culture)
  • Itztapalapanecatl (culture)
  • Tenochcatl (style, culture)
  • xochimilcatl (style, culture)

Anotations

Scope note:

Designates the styles of the Pre-Columbian region comprising present-day central and central-southern Mexico, the Yucatán Peninsula, Guatemala, Belize and El Salvador, and parts of Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Culturally, it refers to a set of technological, social, economic, religious and political traits shared by several different cultures, including the Aztec, Huastec, Maya, Mixtec, Olmec, Tarascan, Teotihuacßsn, Toltec, Totonac, West Mexican and Zapotec.