List of Mesoamerican pyramids

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Site	Name of pyramid	Culture	Base length (m)	Height (m)	Inclination	Approximate time of construction	Function	Notes	Image
Altun HaBelize		Maya		16		200 to 900 CE
CaracolBelize		Maya
LamanaiBelize	The High Temple	Maya				Pre-Classic Period
LamanaiBelize	The Temple of the Jaguar	Maya				Pre-Classic Period
LubaantunBelize		Maya				730 to 890 CE		Lubaantun's structures are mostly built of large stone blocks laid with no mortar, primarily black slate rather than the limestone typical of the region.
LubaantunBelize		Maya				730 to 890 CE		Lubaantun includes many small step pyramids as well as the larger one.
Nim Li PunitBelize		Maya		tallest 12.2		400 to 800 CE		Nim Li Punit has several small step pyramids.
XunantunichBelize	El Castillo	Maya		40		600 to 900 CE
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.
Tazumal El Salvador		Maya				250 to 900 CE
AguatecaGuatemala		Maya		6		760 to 830 CE		This temple pyramid was left unfinished when the city was abandoned.
Dos PilasGuatemala	LD-49	Maya		20		after 629 CE		This pyramid's main stairway (known as Hieroglyphic Stairway 2) contains at least eighteen hieroglyphic steps.
Dos PilasGuatemala	El Duende	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.
KaminaljuyuGuatemala		Maya				250 CE		Kaminaljuyu contains some 200 platforms and pyramidal mounds at least half of which were made before 250 CE. Some of these were used to hold temples on top.
El MiradorGuatemala	La Danta	Maya		72		300 BCE to 100 CE		La Danta pyramid temple has an estimated volume of 2,800,000 cubic meters which makes it one of the largest pyramids in the world.
El MiradorGuatemala	El Tigre	Maya		55		300 BCE to 100 CE
Mixco ViejoGuatemala		Maya				1100 to 1500 CE
TikalGuatemala		Maya		47
CopánHonduras		Maya						Copán has several overlapping step-pyramids.
BonampakMexico	The Temple of the Murals	Maya				580 to 800 CE
CalakmulMexico	The Great Pyramid	Maya		55
Chichen Itza Mexico	El Castillo	Maya	55.3	30
CholulaMexico	The Great Pyramid of Cholula	Xelhua	450 sq.	66
CobaMexico	The Nohoch Mul pyramid	Coba		42		500 to 900 CE
CobaMexico	La Iglesia	Coba				500 to 900 CE
CobaMexico	Crossroads Temple	Coba				500 to 900 CE
El TajínMexico	Pyramid of the Niches	Classic Veracruz		18
La VentaMexico	The Great Pyramid	Olmec		33				This is one of the earliest pyramids known in Mesoamerica. It was made out of an estimated 100,000 cubic meters of earth fill. The current conical shape of the pyramid was once thought to represent nearby volcanoes or mountains, but recent work by Rebecca Gonzalez-Lauck has shown that the pyramid was in fact a rectangular pyramid with stepped sides and inset corners.
PalenqueMexico	Temple of the Cross	Maya
PalenqueMexico	Temple of the Inscriptions	Maya
Santa Cecilia AcatitlanMexico		Aztec						In 1962, the architect and archaeologist Eduardo Pareyon Moreno reconstructed and reinforced the pyramid's basement and rebuilt the temple that crowns it.
TenayucaMexico		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.
TenochtitlanMexico	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.
TenochtitlanMexico		Aztec				1325 to 1521 CE		Tenochtitlan was destroyed by the Spanish. Recreations the city are based on historical text and archaeological ruins. This site once included at least half a dozen pyramids.
TeotihuacanMexico	Pyramid of the Sun	Teotihuacano	223.5	71.2	32.494			There are also dozens of platforms 4 stories high lining the Avenue of the Dead atTeotihuacan. These each step in each story and they have a stair way to the top in front of the platforms.
TeotihuacanMexico	Pyramid of the Moon	Teotihuacano
El TepoztecoMexico		Aztec				1502 CE
Tula, HidalgoMexico		Toltec
UxmalMexico	Pyramid of the Magician	Maya
UxmalMexico	La Gran Pyramide	Maya
XochicalcoMexico	Temple of the Feather Serpent					200 BCE to 900 CE
XochicalcoMexico						200 BCE to 900 CE		This is one of several other step-pyramid temples in addition to the Temple of the Feather Serpent
XochitecatlMexico	The Pyramid of Flowers		100 by 140			the Preclassic Period
XochitecatlMexico	The Spiral Building					700 BCE		This is a circular stepped pyramid. The interior of the structure consists of volcanic ash. The building has no stairway giving access to the top, it was climbed by following the spiral form of the building itself.
YaxchilanMexico		Maya				600 to 900 CE		This is one of the pyramids on the upper terrace of Yaxchilan

This is a list of Mesoamerican pyramids or ceremonial structures. In most cases they are not true pyramids. There are hundreds of these done in many different styles throughout Central America. These were made by several pre-Columbian cultures including the Olmecs, Mayan, Toltecs, and Aztecs. In most cases they were made by city states that created many structure 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.

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