Mesoamerican Vocabulary Mesoamerica Mesoamerica extends from central Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica.  It was home to Pre-Columbian civilizations (pre-1492), including the Olmec, Maya, and Aztec. Olmec stone “yugito” (HM523) Olmec The Olmec inhabited the coast of Veracruz and western Tabasco on the Gulf of Mexico, first rising to