Architectural styles from the Ancient and Classical period that arose in or belong to Latin America, grouped by the place their own cited articles name. A style belongs here when its cited article places it in Latin America. Styles of other regions sit in the matching regional groups of the same subcategory, and styles whose article names no region are left in the subcategory until a regional group fits them.
Ancient and Classical Styles of Latin America
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Getty Research Institute, Art and Architecture Thesaurus: Chachapoya
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Wikipedia: Maya architecture
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The Mayan architecture of the Maya civilization spans across several thousands of years, several eras of political change, and architectural innovation before the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
Inca architecture (Wikipedia)
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Inca architecture is the most significant pre-Columbian architecture in South America.
Aztec architecture (Wikipedia)
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Aztec architecture is a late form of Mesoamerican architecture developed by the Aztec civilization.
Puuc (Wikipedia)
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Puuc is the name of a region in the Mexican state of Yucatán and a Maya architectural style prevalent in that region.
Talud-tablero (Wikipedia)
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Talud-tablero is an architectural style most commonly used in platforms, temples, and pyramids in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, becoming popular in the Early Classic Period of Teotihuacan.
Inca kancha (Wikipedia)
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A kancha is an Inca rectangular or trapezoidal walled enclosure composed of single-room buildings that face onto a common open courtyard or inner patio in the middle of the enclosure.
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