Talk:List of Mesoamerican pyramids

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South American pyramids are missing! Take a look at Caral pyriamids in Peru, as well as the pyramids of Nazca, and Akapana pyramid.

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I have just started this page as a preliminary list. There are many more pyramids that can be added and I will add some of them myself but I will never be able to get them all myself, anyone who would care to add some pyramids from the List of archaeological sites by country feel free to do so. Additional details and brief descriptions will also be helpful. I will add a couple dozen of the next couple weeks myself. If there are objections to the way it is organized please say so before it gets to big. It will be easier to change sooner rather than later. Thanks Zacherystaylor (talk) 19:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)


 * There's potential in this as a concept, but I think it will need a little more thought re definition for inclusion, layout and types of info to be recorded, before developing it much further. Some of the terms, eg "tribe" are not appropriate: "culture" would be better. At least the era (Late Formative, mid Classic, etc) of approx construction ought to be included as a column. Structures that are purely platforms probably don't belong here. First column should be the name of the structure. The site it's located in ought to be in a column of its own, particularly if this is going to persist as a sortable list. Prob also need a column for type/function, since pyramid-like structures have a few different functions. Otherwise, thanks for starting it up, Zachary! --cjllw ʘ  TALK 01:09, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

I agree that Culture is a better term. I think it would be best to sort them according to city which is why I put that first. I may alphabatize them accoding to country first then city. I'll add the new columns you suggested before I expand it any further and I'll move the name of pyramid ahead of culture at least. If you prefer I'll put it first which would mean the organizational column will be second. The sources are mostly the linked pages but I could easily find some related books incluing one by Jeremy Sabloff. At some point more about construction might be worth adding perhaps a seperate page. It would be worthwhile to know how much work went into these structures. Something about the function is worthwhile also but I'm not realy sure what the function is. I'll probably get back to this next week. Good day Zacherystaylor (talk) 16:31, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

I added the columns as discussed and added brief descrtiptions of some of the sites as well. In some cases there may be aproximate number of pyramids. I would consider this better than nothing but not as good as more complete details. This includes the platforms at Teahoanican which many people refer to as pyramids. I have seen one estimate that this city once had 600 pyramids. In order to come up with this number they must have included these platforms as well as some that may no longer survive or it is an exageration. I left the location in the front column if this list fills out I may create seperate tables for each city. Regards Zacherystaylor (talk) 19:30, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Considering you have some other Mesoamerican pyramids missing, Cuilcuilco, among others, I'd like to ask "is Cuicuilco considered as a pyramid?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mchacon89 (talk • contribs) 19:42, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

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Stop, where is Toniná in the list? Its highest pyramid is highest in Mexico! 2806:10AE:B:5C91:4DED:D567:9ADC:E991 (talk) 03:05, 30 January 2023 (UTC)