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    Mesoamerican architecture is the set of architectural traditions produced by pre-Columbian cultures and civilizations of Mesoamerica, traditions which...
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    Mesoamerican pyramids form a prominent part of ancient Mesoamerican architecture. Although similar in some ways to Egyptian pyramids, these New World structures...
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    architecture is a late form of Mesoamerican architecture developed by the Aztec civilization. Much of what is known about this style of architecture comes...
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    Mesoamerica (redirect from Mesoamerican)
    characteristics are most notable in Mesoamerican architecture. Firstly, the intimate connection between geography, astronomy, and architecture: very often, urban centers...
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    blends Maya architectural and artistic motifs "playful pilferings of the architectural and decorative elements" with those of other Mesoamerican cultures...
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  • Romanesque style of architecture prevailed in Europe between 900 and 1200, a period which ends with the transition to Gothic architecture. The contrast between...
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  • Terminal Preclassic Maya period and beyond. Based in general Mesoamerican architectural traditions, the Maya utilized geometric proportions and intricate...
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    Much of the Mesoamerican architecture developed through cultural exchange – for example the Aztecs learnt much from earlier Mayan architecture. Many cultures...
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    that promoted neo-Mesoamerican styles and a revival of Novohispanic styles. By the mid-20th century, the nationalist architectural styles began to lose...
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  • monumental Mesoamerican architecture (also common as a decorative embellishment on the ridge of metal roofs of some domestic Gothic-style architecture in America...
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    Mesoamerican ballgame, Ollamaliztli, (Nahuatl languages: ōllamalīztli, Nahuatl pronunciation: [oːlːamaˈlistɬi], Mayan languages: pitz) was a sport with...
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    the Americas; most of the sites pertain to Mexico's architectural history. Mesoamerican architecture in Mexico is best known for its public, ceremonial...
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    El Castillo, Chichen Itza (category Maya architecture)
    Spanish for "the castle"), also known as the Temple of Kukulcan is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological...
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    Teocalli (category Mesoamerican architecture)
    A teocalli (Nahuatl: "God-house") is a Mesoamerican pyramid surmounted by a temple. The pyramid is terraced, and some of the most important religious rituals...
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    Talud-tablero (category Mesoamerican architecture)
    (1995, p.59) Coe and Koontz (2013, p.141) Giddens (1995, p. 82) Mesoamerican architecture Braswell, Geoffrey E. (2003). "Introduction: Reinterpreting Early...
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    Mesoamerican chronology divides the history of prehispanic Mesoamerica into several periods: the Paleo-Indian (first human habitation until 3500 BCE);...
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  • Mesoamerican cosmovision or cosmology is the collection of worldviews shared by the Indigenous pre-Columbian societies of Mesoamerica. The cosmovision...
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    principally characteristic of pre-Columbian Aztec civilization, although other Mesoamerican civilizations like the Maya and the Zapotec practiced it as well. The...
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  • Merovingian art and architecture Meru tower Mesoamerican architecture Mesoamerican ballcourt Mesoamerican pyramids Metabolism Metaphoric architecture Metope Metroon...
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    This is a list of Mesoamerican pyramids or ceremonial structures. In most cases they are not true pyramids. There are hundreds of these done in many different...
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  • Mesoamerica Agriculture in Mesoamerica Mesoamerican cuisine Mesoamerican diet and subsistence Mesoamerican architecture Indigenous music of North America Painting...
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    Feathered Serpent (category Indigenous Mesoamerican legendary creatures)
    Feathered Serpent is a prominent supernatural entity or deity, found in many Mesoamerican religions. It is still called Quetzalcoatl among the Aztecs, Kukulkan...
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  • language groups, iconography, trade items, and re-examinations of Mesoamerican architecture, the boundaries have moved around over the years as a result of...
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  • Tecoatl (category Mesoamerican architecture)
    A tecoatl (plural tecoatles) is a stone canal making up part of an extensive ancient aqueduct network in the Tehuacán Valley in the state of Puebla in...
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  • Sascab (category Mesoamerican architecture)
    Itza with worked veins of sascab..." Littmann, E. R. (1958). 'Ancient Mesoamerican mortars, plasters, and stuccos: the composition and origin of sascab'...
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    jaguars in Mesoamerican cultures has a long history, with iconographic examples dating back to at least the mid-Formative period of Mesoamerican chronology...
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    bedecked as Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada's Catrina. In Mesoamerican architecture, stacks of skulls (real or sculpted) represented the result of...
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    0641556°N 99.3408028°W / 20.0641556; -99.3408028 Tula (Otomi: Mämeni) is a Mesoamerican archeological site, which was an important regional center which reached...
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    which show many features of Mesoamerican architecture such as the building of pyramid bases, temples and Mesoamerican ballcourts. However, these are...
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    for years. Neolithic 10,000–3000 BC Mesoamerican Mezcala Talud-tablero Western Native Americans The architecture of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, derived...
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