Timeline
Standard timetable of Maya ceramic, 1955, modified, 2000. There is no 'standard' timetable for maya ceramics. There is significant variability in timing and content between sites. The table below lists the ceramic complexes for Uaxactun, and does not apply to any other site.
| Period | Ceramic Sphere | Approximate Date |
| Terminal Classic | Tepeu III | 850-? AD |
| Late Classic | Tepeu II | 700-850 AD |
| Late Classic | Tepeu I | 550-700 AD |
| Early Classic | Tzakol | 250-550 AD |
| Late Preclassic | Chicanel | 350 BC - 250 AD |
| Middle Preclassic | Mamon | 600-350 BC |
Version of a Maya ceramic timetable, adapted from a tourist booklet for Chichen Itza, 1984. Tourist booklets are not suitable sources. This one is based on Valliant's work from 1927, and modified from Smith's 1955 work at Uaxactun. It is an off mix of phases, types, and technology, and therefore of zero practical utility.
| Period | Ceramic Type | Approximate Date |
| Red Pottery | Period of Mexican
Absorption |
1200-1540 AD |
| Maya-Toltec or
Mexican Period |
Fine Orange | 975-1200 AD |
| Interregnum or
Transitional |
Plumbate | 925-975 AD |
| Classic | Tzakol and
Tepeu |
Collapse 800-925 AD Florescence 625-800 AD Early 325-625 AD Classic 325-925 AD |
| Formative or
Preclassical |
Mamom and
Chicanel |
500 BC - 326 AD |
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