Religion: Mesoamerican Religions

Indian people dominating central Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest. Their language belonged to the Nahuatlan subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages.

Pre-Columbian empire, W South America. The name Inca may specifically refer to the emperor, but is generally used to mean the empire or the people.

Mesoamerica, Maya civilization extended throughout southern mexico and northern Central America.

From Encyclopedia of Archaeology: History and Discoveries
Moche is the name of the dominant culture on the north coast of peru from the first to the seventh centuries a.d., known as the early intermediate period.

Term denoting the culture of ancient Mexican natives inhabiting the tropical coastal plain of the contemporary states of Veracruz and Tabasco, between 1300 and 400 B.C.

Member of an ancient American Indian people who ruled much of Mexico and Central America in the 10th-12th centuries, with their capital and religious centre at Tula or Tollán, northeast of Mexico City.

Indigenous people of Mexico, primarily in S Oaxaca and on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
City of the ancient Maya, central Yucatán, Mexico. It was founded around two large cenotes, or natural wells. According to one system of dating, it was founded c.514, probably by the Itzá.

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
Ruined city of the Maya, W Honduras, in a small river valley of the same name. Copán is noted for its fine sculptured stele and majestic architecture.

Inca site in Peru, about 50 mi (80 km) NW of Cuzco. It is perched high upon a rock in a narrow saddle between two sharp mountain peaks.

From Encyclopedia of Archaeology: History and Discoveries
Palenque is a classic Maya site and kingdom in the southern state of Chiapas in Mexico.

From Encyclopedia of Archaeology: History and Discoveries
Sipán is a moche site in northern peru, near the coastal city of Chiclayo (Lambayeque). It consists of a lavish tomb complex that was discovered in 1987 by looters.

Ancient commercial and religious center in the central valley of Mexico. The largest (c.7 sq mi/18.1 sq km) and most impressive urban site of ancient America.

From Encyclopedia of Archaeology: History and Discoveries
One of the largest and most important classic Maya sites, Tikal is situated in northern guatemala, and its archaeological sequence spans the years from ca. 800 b.c. to a.d. 900.