Template:Timeline of Mesoamerican chronology

<timeline> ImageSize = width:1000 height:500 PlotArea = width:90% height:460 left: 5% bottom:20 AlignBars = justify

Colors =

 id:cultura  value:rgb(0.7,0.7,1) # light yellow  
 id:región   value:rgb(1,0.7,0.7) # light black
 id:sitio    value:rgb(0.8,0.8,0.8) # light green   legend:Important Sites
 id:estilo   value:rgb(0.95,0.95,0.8)   # light blue
 id:eon      value:rgb(0.71,0.77,0.81)   # light purple  legend:Culture
 id:black    value:black

Period = from:-2500 till:1600 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:200 start:-2400 gridcolor:cultura ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:50 start:-2500

Define $markred = text:"*" textcolor:blue shift:(0,3) fontsize:9

BarData=

 bar:Period   text:Period
 bar:Preclassic
 bar:espace 
 bar:West text:West
 bar:espace0 
 bar:Northa
 bar:North     text:North
 bar:espace1
 bar:Centrala 
 bar:Central   text:Central
 bar:Cuicuilco
 bar:espace2
 bar:Mixteca  
 bar:Oaxaca    text:Oaxaca
 bar:Zapoteca
 bar:Monte
 bar:espace3 
 bar:Guerrero  text:Guerrero
 bar:espace4 
 bar:Gulf     text:Gulf  
 bar:Huasteca
 bar:espace5
 bar:Mayaa   
 bar:Maya      text:Maya  
 bar:Mayab  
 bar:espace6 
 bar:CentralAmerica  text:Central America
 bar:espace7 

1. barset:evenement

 bar:ages0
 bar:ages

PlotData=

 align:center textcolor:black fontsize:8 mark:(line, black) width:15 shift:(0,-5)

 bar:Period   color:región
 from: -2500    till: 200   text:Preclassic 
 from: 200      till: 900   text:Classic color:eon
 from: 900      till: 1521  text:Postclassic   

 bar:Preclassic color:cultura
 from: -2500    till: -1200 text:Early
 from: -1200    till: -400  text:Middle
 from: -400     till: 200   text:Late
 from: 200      till: 600   text:Early
 from: 600      till: 900   text:Late
 from: 900      till: 1200  text:Early
 from: 1200     till: 1521  text:Late

 bar:West   color:eon
 fontsize:7
 at:-2500   align:right  $markred
 color:sitio from:-2500 till:-2000  text:Matanchén  
 from:-1800 till:-900   text:Capacha Culture 
 from:-450  till:200    text:Chupícuaro
 from:200   till:600    text:Teuchitlán  
 from:700   till:1300   text:Aztatlán
 from:1300  till:1521   text:Purépecha

 bar:Northa       color:eon
 fontsize:7
 at:200   align:right  $markred
 from:300   till:650    text:Bajío  

 bar:North       color:eon
 fontsize:7
 at:200   align:right  $markred
 from:200   till:900    text:Chalchihuites  

 bar:Centrala     color:sitio
 fontsize:7
 at:-2500   align:right  $markred
 from:-1350 till:-800   text:Tlatilco
 from:800   till:900    text:Xochicalco
 from:900   till:1150   text:Tula
 from:1325  till:1521   text:Tenochtitlan

 bar:Central      color:sitio
 fontsize:7
 at:-2500   align:right  $markred
 from:-1900 till:-450   text:Tlapacoya
 from:0    till:700   text:Teotihuacan
 color:cultura    from:750   till:900    text:Epi-Classic
 color:eon        from:900   till:1150   text:Toltec
 color:eon        from:1325  till:1521   text:Aztec/Mexica

 bar:Cuicuilco   color:sitio
 fontsize:7
 at:-2500   align:right  $markred  
 from:-800 till:0   text:Cuicuilco
 from:200   till:1518   text:Cholula

 bar:espace2   color:sitio
 fontsize:7
 at:-2500   align:right  $markred  
 color:estilo       from:1420  till:1521   text:Triple Alliance

 bar:Mixteca     color:sitio
 fontsize:7
 at:200     align:right  $markred
 from:300   till:400   text:Minas
 from:500   till:600   text:Yucuita
 from:1300  till:1522  text:Tututepec
   
 bar:Oaxaca      color:eon
 fontsize:7
 at:-2500   align:right  $markred
 from:-1250 till:1522   text:Mixtec
 from:680   till:900   text:Ñuiñe Culture

 bar:Zapoteca    color:eon
 fontsize:7
 at:-2500   align:right  $markred
 from:-1450 till:1522   text:Zapotec

 bar:Monte       color:sitio
 fontsize:7
 at:-2500   align:right  $markred
 from:-1400 till:-400   text:San José Mogote
 from:-400  till:800   text:Monte Albán
 from:800   till:900   text:Lambityeco
 from:1200  till:1300  text:Mitla

 bar:Guerrero       color:sitio
 fontsize:7
 at:-2500   align:right  $markred
 from:-1300 till:-700   text:Teopantecuanitlán
 color:eon  from:-550   till:900   text:Mezcala
 color:eon  from:1100   till:1521  text:Yopitzinco

 bar:Gulf      color:eon
 fontsize:7
 at:-2500   align:right  $markred
 from:-1400 till:-400   text:Olmec
 color:sitio    from:450   till:1200    text:El Tajín

 bar:Huasteca      color:eon
 fontsize:7
 at:-2500   align:right  $markred
 from:-1400 till:1521   text:Huastec
 color:sitio from:-1600 till:-1500   text:"Altamirano Hv24" link:https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamirano_Hv24

 bar:Mayaa      color:sitio
 fontsize:7
 at:-2500   align:right  $markred
 from:-1200 till:200     text:Kaminaljuyú
 color:sitio    from:300   till:700    text:Tikal
 color:estilo       from:1000   till:1440    text:Mayapan

 bar:Maya      color:eon
 fontsize:7
 at:-2500   align:right  $markred
 from:200   till:1600    text:Maya

 bar:Mayab      color:sitio
 fontsize:7
 at:-2500   align:right  $markred
 color:sitio    from:400   till:600    text:Calakmul
 color:sitio    from:600   till:800    text:Palenque
 color:sitio    from:1000  till:1250   text:Chichen Itza
 color:sitio    from:1250  till:1400   text:Mayapan

 bar:CentralAmerica       color:eon
 fontsize:7
 at:-2500   align:right  $markred
 from:-850  till:520     text:Usulután
 color:estilo       from:800   till:900     text:Migrations
 from:920   till:1400    text:Pipil

 bar:espace7             color:eon
 fontsize:7
 at:-2500   align:right  $markred
 from:1220  till:1530    text:Nicarao</timeline>