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		<title>Late Formative, 400BC-200AD</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Chalcatzingo, La Venta and other Middle Formative polities collapsed during the last two centuries BC, the vast metropolises of Cuicuilco and Teotihuacán – both located in Central Mexico &#8211; emerged as dominant centres of Mesoamerican power. Both had huge temple complexes and buildings of truly monumental proportions. In the first century AD, Cuicuilco was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Middle Formative, 1200BC-400BC</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Middle Formative era of Mesoamerican development was dominated by the Olmec. The Olmec constructed the most advanced and powerful polities of their time, although relatively little is known of these ingenious and mysterious people. They are generally attributed with developing the first Mesoamerican calendars, as well as written glyphs. They spoke a Mixe-Zoquean language [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Early Formative, 2000BC-1200BC</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the dawn of the Formative era, 2000BC, the evolution of teosinte to maize was complete, ushering in a new era of sedentism. Teosinte is the ancestor of maize and bears tiny, edible fruits. Over thousands of years, the early hunter-gatherers of Mesoamerica selectively bred the most productive teosinte plants until they were large enough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Formative Era in Ancient Mesoamerica, 2000BC – 200AD</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Formative period in ancient Mesoamerican history, also known as the Pre-Classic era, sees the establishment of all the key socio-political structures, symbols, technologies and religious ideas that define the subsequent ages of the Mesoamerican tradition. In essence, Mesoamerica defines itself. Scholars have divided it into 3 distinct (if unimaginatively titled) phases: The early Formative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Archaic Era, 8000-2000BC</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[No event was more critical in the emergence of Mesoamerican civilisation than the domestication of plants, especially maize. This took place between 8000 and 2000BC in an era known as the archaic or proto-agricultural. Much of our knowledge of this era is owed to the work of Richard MacNeish, who discovered beans and gourds in [...]]]></description>
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