List of Mesoamerican pyramids

This is a list of Mesoamerican pyramids or ceremonial structures. In most cases they are not true pyramids. There are hundreds of these in many different styles throughout Mexico and Central America. These were made by several pre-Columbian cultures including the Olmecs, Maya, Toltecs, and Aztecs. In most cases they were made by city states that created many structures in the same style. The style for each city state is usually different. These are usually made out of stone and mortar but some of the earliest may have been made out of clay.

Site	Name of pyramid	Culture	Base length (m)	Height (m)	Incli- nation	Approximate time of construction	Function	Notes	Image
Altun Ha Belize		Maya		16		200 to 900 CE			File:Altun Ha Belize.jpg
Cañada de la Virgen Mexico	Pirámide Chichimeca de los 7 Cielos	Otomi		15+		540 to 1040 CE	The Pyramids and surrounding complex were built to house priests, along with serving as a burial ground.	These are the only Otomi pyramids we currently know of.	File:Cañada de La Virgen Complex A 01.jpg
Caracol Belize	Caana	Maya		43				A triadic pyramid, Caana is the highest man-made structure in Belize	File:Caracol-Temple.jpg
Caracol Belize	Temple of the Wooden Lintel	Maya
Lamanai Belize	High Temple	Maya		33		Pre-Classic Period			File:Lamanai - High Temple.JPG
Lamanai Belize	Jaguar Temple	Maya		20		Pre-Classic Period			File:Lamanai - Jaguar Temple.JPG
Lamanai Belize	Mask Temple	Maya		17		Early Classic Period			File:Mask Temple Lamanai 02.JPG
Lubaantun Belize		Maya				730 to 890 CE		Lubaantun's structures are mostly built of large stone blocks with no mortar, using primarily black slate rather than limestone.	File:Lubaantun 04.jpg
Tula Mexico	Pyramid B	Toltec						The pyramid is dedicated to Quetzalcoatl, and topped with Atlantean columns, carved like warriors.
Lubaantun Belize		Maya				730 to 890 CE		Lubaantun includes many small step pyramids in addition to its far larger one.	File:Flickr - archer10 (Dennis) - Belize-0833.jpg
Nim Li Punit Belize	Building	Maya		12		400 to 800 CE		Nim Li Punit has several small-step pyramids, but none that possessed the sheer mass of other examples.	File:Flickr - archer10 (Dennis) - Belize-0869.jpg
Xunantunich Belize	El Castillo	Maya		40		600 to 900 CE			File:Xunantunich Belize 1 19.jpg
San Andrés El Salvador	the Bell of San Andrés	Maya				600 to 900 CE		This is a scale model of structure 5. There are several other smaller structures that may be similar to pyramids on the site.	File:ES San Andres 05 2012 Estructura 5 La Campana 1538.JPG
Tazumal El Salvador		Maya				250 to 900 CE			File:Ruinas del Tazumal.JPG
Aguateca Guatemala		Maya		6		760 to 830 CE		This temple pyramid was left unfinished when the city was abandoned. Its purpose is still unknown.	File:Aguateca-plaza.jpg
Dos Pilas Guatemala	LD-49	Maya		20		after 629 CE		This pyramid's main stairway (known as Hieroglyphic Stairway 2) contains at least eighteen hieroglyphic steps. However, some glyphs are undecipherable due to age.
Dos Pilas Guatemala		Maya				after 629 CE		This temple pyramid was built by enlarging and terracing a natural hill some way from the site core, giving the impression of a single massive structure.
Kaminaljuyu Guatemala		Maya				250 CE		Kaminaljuyu contains some 200 platforms and pyramidal mounds, at least half of which were made before 250 CE. Some were used to hold temples.	File:Kaminaljuyú, Guatemala..JPG
El Mirador Guatemala	La Danta	Maya		72		300 BCE to 100 CE		La Danta pyramid temple has an estimated volume of 2,800,000 cubic meters, making it one of the largest pyramids in the world.
El Mirador Guatemala	El Tigre	Maya		55		300 BCE to 100 CE			File:Flickr - ggallice - Cara, El Mirador.jpg
El Puente Honduras	Structure 1	Maya		12		600 BCE- 900 CE		Religious temple
Mixco Viejo Guatemala		Maya				1100 to 1500 CE			File:Mixco Viejo.jpg
Tikal Guatemala		Maya		47					File:Grand Plaza - Temple I (3266805223).jpg
Copán Honduras		Maya						Copán has several overlapping step-pyramids.	File:Stela M and the Hieroglyphic Stairway on the archeological site of Copán, a mayan city.jpg
Becán Mexico	Structure IX	Maya		42					File:Becán - Structure IX.jpg
Bonampak Mexico	The Temple of the Murals	Maya				580 to 800 CE			File:Zona arqueologica Bonampak 01 ID ZA30 DBannasch.jpg
Calakmul Mexico	Structure I	Maya		40					File:In Calakmul, Mexico (8726963632).jpg
Calakmul Mexico	The Great Pyramid - Structure II	Maya		55		593 CE			File:In Calakmul, Mexico (8726977166).jpg
Chacchoben Mexico	Temple 1	Maya		20					File:Zona arqueológica Chacchoben (Bacalar, QuintanaRoo, México) - 01.jpg
Chichen Itza Mexico	El Castillo (Temple of Kukulcan)	Maya	55.3	30					File:Chichen Itza 3.jpg
Cholula Mexico	The Great Pyramid of Cholula		450 sq.	66		300 BCE - 800 CE		The largest pyramid and the largest manmade monument anywhere in the Americas.	File:Gran Pirámide de Cholula, Puebla, México, 2013-10-12, DD 10.JPG
Coba Mexico	The Nohoch Mul Pyramid	Maya		42		500 to 900 CE			File:Pyramid of Coba, (QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO).png
Coba Mexico	La Iglesia	Maya		20		500 to 900 CE			File:Pyramide du Grupo Coba dite l'église (8452064401).jpg
Coba Mexico	Crossroads Temple	Maya				500 to 900 CE			File:Cobá - panoramio (1).jpg
Comalcalco Mexico	Temple 1	Maya		20		600 CE to 900 CE		The city's buildings were made from fired-clay bricks with mortar made from oyster shells, unique among Maya sites. Many are decorated with iconography and/or hieroglyphs.	File:Comalcalco Templo 1.JPG
Dzibanche Mexico	Temple of the Owl	Maya							File:Dzibanche, Building 1, Temple of the Owl (14364450242).jpg
El Cerrito Mexico	Pyramid of El Cerrito	Chichimec		30					File:Piramide pueblito.jpg
El Tajín Mexico	Pyramid of the Niches	Classic Veracruz		18					File:El Tajín Pyramid of the Niches.jpg
Guachimontones Mexico	Circle 2 (La Iguana)	Teuchitlán		10				Characterized by the unusual circular pyramid structure, a unique architectural form in Mesoamerica.	File:Guachimontones Jalisco - Esteban Tucci.jpg
Ichkabal Mexico	Structure E4	Maya		46					File:ICHKABAL QUINTANA ROO.png
Izamal Mexico	Kinich Kakmó Pyramid	Maya		34		400 to 600 CE			File:Kinich Kakmó.jpg
La Venta Mexico	The Great Pyramid	Olmec		33		394 ± 30 BCE		This is one of the earliest pyramids known in Mesoamerica. It was made out of an estimated 100,000 cubic meters of earth fill.	File:La Venta Pirámide cara norte.jpg
Mayapan Mexico		Maya		15					File:Mayapan perspectiva 1.jpg
Moral-Reforma Mexico	Conjunto 14	Maya		37					File:LaReforma1.JPG
Palenque Mexico	Temple of the Cross	Maya							File:El Templo de la Cruz.jpg
Palenque Mexico	Temple of the Inscriptions	Maya		22.8		>675		Bore the Classic Maya name B'olon Yej Te' Naah "House of the Nine Sharpened Spears".	File:Tumba de pakal, Chiapas.JPG
Palenque Mexico	Temple of the Sun	Maya		19					File:Palenque - Las Cruces - Templo del Sol.JPG
Santa Cecilia Acatitlan Mexico		Aztec	17 by 27	8				In 1962, the architect and archaeologist Eduardo Pareyon Moreno reconstructed the pyramid's basement and the temple that crowns it.	File:StaCeciliaAcatitlan.jpg
Tenayuca Mexico		Aztec	62 by 50					This is the earliest example yet found of the typical Aztec double pyramid, which consists of joined pyramidal bases supporting two temples.	File:Tenayuca.jpg
Tenochtitlan Mexico	Templo Mayor	Aztec	100 by 80			1390 to 1500 CE		Tenochtitlan was destroyed by the Spanish. Recreations of this and other pyramids are based on historical text and archaeological ruins.	File:ScaleModelTemploMayor.JPG
Tenochtitlan Mexico		Aztec				1325 to 1521 CE		Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital city, was completely razed by the Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés. Recreations the city are based on historical text and archaeological ruins. This site once included at least half a dozen pyramids.	File:TenochtitlanModel.JPG
Teotihuacan Mexico	Pyramid of the Sun	Teotihuacano	223.5	71.2	32.5	100 BCE		There are also dozens of platforms 4 stories high lining the Avenue of the Dead at Teotihuacan. Each step in each story creates a stairway to the top in front of the platforms.	File:Piramide del Sol 072006.JPG
Teotihuacan Mexico	Pyramid of the Moon	Teotihuacano		43		100 BCE			File:Pyramid of the Moon, Teotihuacan - Flickr - GregTheBusker (1).jpg
Teotihuacan Mexico	Temple of the Feathered Serpent	Teotihuacano							File:ASb150-Teotihuacan-Templo Del Quetzalcoatl.jpg
El Tepozteco Mexico		Aztec				1502 CE			File:Piramidedeltepozteco.jpg
Tula Mexico		Toltec							File:TulaSite115.JPG
Uxmal Mexico	Pyramid of the Magician	Maya		40					File:Pyramid Of The Magician (221839507).jpeg
Uxmal Mexico	La Gran Piramide	Maya		30					File:La Gran Pyramide.jpg
Xochicalco Mexico	Temple of the Feather Serpent					200 BCE to 900 CE			File:Xochicalcotempleofinscriptions.jpg
Xochicalco Mexico						200 BCE to 900 CE		This is one of several other step-pyramid temples in addition to the Temple of the Feather Serpent	File:Mexico xochicalco pyramids.JPG
Xochitecatl Mexico	The Pyramid of Flowers		100 by 140			the Preclassic Period			File:Paisaje pirámide.JPG
Xochitecatl Mexico	The Spiral Building					700 BCE		This is a circular stepped pyramid. The interior consists of volcanic ash. The building has no stairway to the top, it was climbed by following the spiral form of the building itself.
Yaxchilan Mexico		Maya				600 to 900 CE		This is one of the pyramids on the upper terrace of Yaxchilan	File:Foto en la Zona Arqueológica de Yaxchilan 01.jpg
Yarumela Honduras	Estructure 101	Lenca		20		1000 BCE to 250 CE		Religious temple used for different ceremonies	File:Estructura 101 de Yarumela.jpg
Tikal Guatemala	Tikal Temple IV	Maya	88 by 65	64.6		741 AD	The pyramid was built to mark the reign of the 27th king of the Tikal dynasty	Temple IV at the Classic Period Maya ruins of Tikal, 8th century AD, Peten Department, Guatemala.	File:Templo IV - panoramio.jpg
Toniná Mexico	Great Pyramid of Toniná	Maya		75		200 to 900 CE		The Great Pyramid of Toniná is the tallest Maya and Mesoamerican pyramid and also the tallest Pre Columbian building in the Americas.	File:Toniná (150).jpg
Tzintzuntzan Mexico	5 yácata pyramids	Purépecha				Late post-classic period		The pyramids are rounded and have a distinguishable T-like shape.	File:4thYacatatztztz.JPG