Preclassic Period

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Formative_Period
gptkbp:appliesTo Mesoamerican chronology
gptkbp:characterizedBy development of agriculture
social stratification
pottery production
emergence of villages
early ceremonial centers
gptkbp:dividedInto Early Preclassic
Late Preclassic
Middle Preclassic
gptkbp:endDate c. 250 CE
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Classic_Period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Preclassic Period
gptkbp:notableCivilization gptkb:Maya
gptkb:Olmec
Zapotec
gptkbp:notableEvent rise of Olmec civilization
construction of monumental architecture
development of writing systems
early Maya urbanism
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Cuicuilco
gptkb:El_Mirador
gptkb:La_Venta
gptkb:San_Lorenzo_Tenochtitlán
gptkb:Izapa
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Archaic_Period
gptkbp:region gptkb:Mesoamerica
gptkbp:startDate c. 2000 BCE
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Maya_religion
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5