Indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
historical region and cultural area in southern North America and most of Central America
About Indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica
Theindigenous cultures of North Americaand theindigenous cultures of South Americahave had a long and diverse history both before and after the Columbian exchange of 1492. The Mesoamerican cultures have been recognized for their cities, their rich monumentalarchitecture, their complex societies with organized religion and specialized labor, the independent development of agriculture, as well as long-distance trade of crops and other commodities. This stands in contrast with the indigenous cultures of today's United States and Canada, which were less urbanized, and lived in farming villages or nomadic tribes, with less hierarchical organization. Indigenous cultures seldom fit neatly into modern political maps, and that is certainly the case with Mesoamerica, which does not include the north
Indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica Travel Guide Sections
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