List the year each period began and ended:

(a) Olmec

(b) Formative or Preclassic Maya

(c) Classic Maya

(d) Postclassic Maya

The answer to the following:

List the year each period began and ended:

(a) Olmec

(b) Formative or Preclassic Maya

(c) Classic Maya

(d) Postclassic Maya

is:

a) Olmec (c. 1200 BCE to c. 400 BCE)

b) Formative or Preclassic Maya (c. 1000 BC. until the advent of the Classic Period c. 250 AD)

c) Classic Maya (250 CE to 900 CE)

d) Postclassic Maya (c. 950-1539 AD)