Preclassic Period in Belize

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Preclassic Period
2000 BC – 250 AD
Including	Early (to 1000 BC) Middle (to 400 BC) Late (to 100 AD) Terminal (to 250 AD)
Monarch(s)	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
Chronology Preceramic Period Classic Period

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 250 AD.^{[note 1]}
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