1. mesoamerican - Noun
2. mesoamerican - Adjective
a member of one of the various peoples inhabiting Mesoamerica
of or relating to the people of Mesoamerica or their languages or cultures
Source: WordNetBoremanse 1986: 30-38 The creation of humankind is concluded by the Mesoamerican tale of the opening of the Maize (or Sustenance) Mountain by the Lightning deities. Source: Internet
Currency system Cacao beans constituted both a ritual beverage and a major currency system in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations. Source: Internet
Cristóbal de Olid leads Spanish soldiers with Tlaxcalan allies in the conquest of Jalisco, 1522 Despite the decline of the Aztec empire, most of the Mesoamerican cultures were intact after the fall of Tenochtitlan. Source: Internet
Form The chacmool is a distinctive form of Mesoamerican sculpture representing a reclining figure with its head facing 90 degrees from the front, leaning on its elbows and supporting a bowl or a disk upon its chest. Source: Internet
Dishes such as the very traditional tamale and many others made of corn are the most representative of its indigenous inhabitants, and similar to other neighboring Mesoamerican countries. Source: Internet
For the same reason the notion of "Aztec civilization" is best understood as a particular horizon of a general Mesoamerican civilization. Source: Internet