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In Western Mexico the first true "cities" were made in the Valley of Oaxaca. These cities constituted of the first political societies in Ancient Mexico.
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Information Sources
Links:http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=02®ion=ca#/Key-Events
Link #2:http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=03®ion=ca
Link#3: http://www.nairiok.org/MesoAmerica.html
Video: http://youtu.be/o5_DKwuP97w
Video#2: http://youtu.be/BYR_ISwJHag -
At San Lorenzo ceramics are produced, often the result of specialized firing techniques. These colors come to be identified with Olmec ceramics.
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The first public building in the Valley of Oaxaca is built on the major regional center of San José Mogote.
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Luxury goods such as, stone bowls, figurines, and greenstone beads are placed in burials in the Soconusco region.
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In the 1500s B.C ceremonial centers were being built in the Gulf Coast, by people known as the Olmecs. The Olmecs are also known as the "mother culture" of Mesoamerica.
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Tlapacoya is a significant island community on Lake Chaclo in the Basin of Mexico, yields the earliest yet identified ceramic figurine in Mesoamerica.
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Tlapcoya is a significant island community on Lake Chalco; it has the earliest identified ceramic figurine in Mesoamerica
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Ceramics of Mongrilla are present in small settlements around Partita Bay. Technologically conservative, Monagrila are made for hundreds of years.
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An early form of corn is identified in the Valley of Tehuacán in southern Puebla and northern Oaxaca states and is evolving into a highly productive plant food.
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Mythic base date (August 13, 3114) of the Maya Long Count Calendar.
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Shell-mound sites are occupied in the coastal estuaries of the Soconusco region of the Pacific coastal plain of Mexico and Guatemala.
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Building cities in Mesoamerica was slow because they never built the wheel. Cattle and horses were never heard of in Ancient Mexico.
