Preclassic period in Belize

Preclassic
Preclassic
2000 BC – AD 250
Preceramic	Classic
Location	Belize
Including	Early (to 1000 BC); Middle (to 400 BC); Late (to AD 100); Terminal (to AD 250);
Monarchs	Yax Ehb Xook (first of Tikal); Foliated Jaguar (second of Tikal); Animal Headdress (third of Tikal);
Key events	Maya settlement; non-nomadic hamlets established; non-lithic technological development; intensification of farming; increase in social, economic, religious complexity;

The Preclassic or Formative period of Belizean, Maya, and Mesoamerican history began with the Maya development of ceramics during 2000 BC – 900 BC, and ended with the advent of Mayan monumental inscriptions in AD 250.