Mesoamerica
- 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
- Toltec, 900–1100 CE
- Totonac, unknown–1500 CE, eastern Mexico
- Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition, 300 BCE–400 CE, Jalisco, Nayarit, and, to a lesser extent, Colima
- Zapotec, 500 BCE–1500 CE, Oaxaca
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