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Where in the world

Mexico

Tajín Veracruz

Classic Veracruz · Mexico

Field notes

civilizations: Classic Veracruz
types: Ceremonial pyramid · Ballcourt
occupied: 600 CE — 1,200 CE
country: Mexico

The site

El Tajín, in Veracruz, Mexico, is a ceremonial center of the Classic Veracruz culture that flourished between roughly 600 and 1200 CE. Its ranks of stepped pyramids and numerous ballcourts crown a humid coastal valley, and the site is inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage property. For the field explorer, its density of ballcourts marks it as one of Mesoamerica's great arenas of the ritual ball game.

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