East Side of Chicanna Structure XX

History of Chicanna

The early history of Chicanna reveals a simple community steadily growing. Then it erected several incredible buildings. So who built Chicanna and why?

View from Pyramid of the Moon at Teotihuacan

History of Teotihuacan

Teotihuacan played a central role in proliferating urban planning and multicultural society across Mesoamerica. Even the Aztec, 700 years after the city had fallen, were greatly influenced by its ideologies.

Xochicalco: A Brief History

With an intense but small period of occupancy, between 650-900AD, and home to many cultural and artistic influences, Xochicalco’s rapid rise and fall is one of Mesoamerica’s greatest mysteries,

Carving on Building-1 at Teopanzolco

Teopanzolco: A Brief History

Teopanzolco is dominated by a half completed Great Platform and the mystery surrounding its abandonment. But the region’s mysterious history goes back a lot further…

Looking From Grupo de la Serpiente at Teotenango

Teotenango: A Brief History

The mysteriously rapid construction of Teotenango’s two cities and its meteoric expansion during the Late Classic Period could explain another of Mesoamerica’s enduring mysteries…

Cauachalli Temple at Malinalco

Malinalco: A Brief History

Malinalco history is largely entwined in myth and folklore and yet a few historical accounts and a small archaeological site do seem to support its legendary past.

Plaza A at Altun Ha

Altun Ha: A Brief History

Altun Ha’s earliest development provides intriguing links to Teotihuacan and Tikal, with jade being central to its wealth and growth throughout its 1000 year existence…

Residential Area at Lamanai

Lamanai: A Brief History

Lamanai has an incredibly long history, with the earliest signs of inhabitance dating to 1500BC and the site being abandoned after the Spanish left in the 18th Century…

Copán: A Brief History

Although fundamentally Copan was a Mayan City that controlled trade on the southern frontier of Mesoamerica, the majority of its history is both mysterious and very intriguing…