Preclassic Period in Belize

Preclassic Period
Preclassic Period
2000 BC – 250 AD
Including	Early (to 1000 BC); Middle (to 400 BC); Late (to 100 AD); Terminal (to 250 AD);
Monarch(s)	Yax Ehb Xook (first of Tikal); Foliated Jaguar (second of Tikal); Animal Headdress (third of Tikal);
Key events	Maya settlement; non-nomadic hamlets established; non-lithic technological development; intensification of farming; increase in social, economic, religious complexity;
Preceramic Period	Classic Period

The Preclassic or Formative Period of Belizean, Maya, and Mesoamerican history began with the Maya development of ceramics during 2000 BC – 900 BC, and ended with the advent of Mayan monumental inscriptions in 250 AD.

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