So while Tino and I were visiting Mexico City, we decided to spend a whole day in the Museo Nacional de Antropología, which is probably the most visited museum in Mexico. It contains artifacts from all the Pre-Columbian civilizations in Mexico. There are lots of them! Here is a short list with the most important ones:
- Aztec, 1325–1521 CE, central Mexico
- Huastec, 1000 BCE–1500 CE, Hidalgo, Veracruz, San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas
- Mixtec, unknown–1600 CE, western Oaxaca
- Maya,
500 BCE–900 CE, Southern Mexican states of Chiapas and Tabasco, Mexican
Yucatán Peninsula states of Quintana Roo, Campeche, and Yucatán;
Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; western Honduras
- Olmec, 1200–400 BCE, Veracruz and Tabasco
- P'urhépecha or Tarascan state, 1300–1530 CE, Michoacán
- Teotihuacán, 200 BCE–800 CE, near Mexico City
- Tlaxcaltec, 1290-?, Central Mexico
- Toltec, 900–1100 CE
- Totonac, unknown–1500 CE, eastern Mexico
- Zapotec, 500 BCE–1500 CE, Oaxaca
It is definitely worth the visit!
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Tino wanted us to do a little fotoshoot. So here are the results! |
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Tino and snake having a good laugh |
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