USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mesoamerican civilization, the complex of indigenous cultures that developed in parts of Mexico and Central America prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th century.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mesoamerica is a name we use for areas of Mexico and Central America that were civilized before the Spaniards arrived.

Detailed explanation-3: -An anthropologist named Paul Kirchkoff first used the term “Mesoamerica” (meso is Greek for “middle” or “intermediate”) in 1943 to designate these geographical areas as having shared cultural traits prior to the invasion of Europeans, and the term has remained.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term Mesoamerica literally means “middle America” in Greek. Middle America often refers to a larger area in the Americas, but it has also previously been used more narrowly to refer to Mesoamerica. An example is the title of the 16 volumes of The Handbook of Middle American Indians.

Detailed explanation-5: -or Mes·o-A·mer·i·ca. Anthropology, Archaeology. the area extending approximately from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua in which diverse pre-Columbian civilizations flourished. (loosely) Central America.