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Preclassic Period
2000 BC – 250 AD
Including
Early (to 1000 BC)
Middle (to 400 BC)
Late (to 100 AD)
Terminal (to 250 AD)
Monarch(s)
Yax Ehb Xook (first of Tikal)
Foliated Jaguar (second of Tikal)
Animal Headdress (third of Tikal)
Key events
Maya settlement
non-nomadic hamlets established
non-lithic technological development
intensification of farming
increase in social, economic, religious complexity
Chronology
Preceramic Period
Classic Period
The Preclassic or Formative Period of Belizean, Maya, and Mesoamerican history began with the Maya development of ceramics during 2000 BC – 900 BC, and ended with the advent of Mayan monumental inscriptions in 250 AD.[note 1] Cite error: There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=note}} template (see the help page).
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were occupied from the Preclassic (2000 BCE–200 CE) until and after the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century. Many sites are in danger due to destruction...
Northern Belize Chert-Bearing Zone and are important sites for chert starting in the Archaic period and continuing into the Preclassic and Classic period. The...
non-nomadic farming settlements first appeared in the relevant geographic region. The Preclassic ie Formative period is most often characterised as the timespan...
Belize formed part of Mesoamerica. Traditionally, the first-order subdivisions of the latter follow cultural or political boundaries of Preclassic, Classic...
the earliest villages. The Preclassicperiod (c. 2000 BC to 250 AD) saw the establishment of the first complex societies in the Maya region, and the cultivation...
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period, evidence of continuous habitation has been dated to as far back as 1200 BCE during the Early Middle Formative period (Early Middle Preclassic)...
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becomes extinct in North Africa (approximate date). The Atlas wild ass becomes extinct (approximate date). The Formative/Preclassicperiodin Mesoamerica...
human habitation until 3500 BCE); the Archaic (before 2600 BCE), the Preclassic or Formative (2500 BCE – 250 CE), the Classic (250–900 CE), and the Postclassic...
turkeys to tamales: Paleoindian to Preclassicperiod faunal use at Maya Hak Cab Pek rockshelter in southern Belize (MA). University of Mississippi. ProQuest 1809807534...
were scavengers in the home. During a portion of the Preclassic and Early Classic period (1200 BCE through 250 CE), dogs in Cuello, Belize were bred and...
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2013). The Northern Belize site of Colha demonstrates the recognition of obsidian as a utilitarian resource during the Preclassic, even when other lithic...
west-central Belize during the Formative, Preclassic and Classic periods. However, he has published on topics related to the archaeology of Belizein earlier...
their potential cultural dominance in the Preclassicperiod, though the relationship between the Olmec and other Preclassic groups is still debated (see Olmec...
well as a long occupation from the Preclassic through to the Postclassic period. The site at Baking Pot is unique in that it had a large population during...
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Maya region are from Cuello, Belize, and predate Preclassic sites. The majority of plant remains fall within the Preclassic-Postclassic and allow for researchers...