Mesoamerica or Meso-America is a
region in the mid-latitudes of the
Americas, namely the
culture area within which a number of
pre-Columbian societies flourished before the
Spanish colonization of the Americas in the
15th and
16th centuries. The culture area extends from central
Honduras and northwestern
Costa Rica on the south to, in
Mexico, the Soto la Marina River in
Tamaulipas and the
Rio Fuerte in
Sinaloa on the north. Prehistoric groups in this area are characterized by
agricultural villages and large ceremonial and politico-religious capitals This culture area included some of the most complex and advanced
cultures of the Americas, including the
Olmec,
Teotihuacan, the
Maya, and the
Aztec. These cultures developed complex sociopolitical systems, reached advanced technological, scientific, and mathematical levels, and participated in long-distance interaction networks that resulted in the transmission of interrelated ideas and
ideology.
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