Capacha culture
Capacha culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Central and West Mexico (Mesoamerica and Caribbean) from c. 1600 to 1200 BCE, a span of 400 years. The language of its people is unknown or undeciphered.
Early Preclassic culture between the Jalisco Sierra Madre Occidental and the Colima Valley in West Mexico, known for vessels of two stacked globes joined by tubes. It is dated to about 2000 to 1200 BCE, and tests on Capacha ceramics gave dates of 1320 to 220 BCE.
See Capacha culture on the interactive timeline
Facts
- Dates
- c. 1600 to 1200 BCE
- Duration
- 400 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- Central and West Mexico, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
- Language family
- Unknown or undeciphered
Sources
The dates and description above were checked against Wikipedia: Capacha, Wikipedia: Mesoamerican chronology.
Events in Mesoamerica and Caribbean during its time
- Oldest known ballcourt built
- San Lorenzo rises as a major Olmec center
Elsewhere in the world at the same time
Questions
When did Capacha culture exist?
c. 1600 to 1200 BCE, about 400 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.
Where was Capacha culture?
Central and West Mexico, in Mesoamerica and Caribbean.
What language did the people of Capacha culture speak?
It is unknown. No readable writing records it, so any link to a known language family is a hypothesis.