Regional Museum of Anthropology and History
The auditorium has a capacity for 250 people and plays an important role in the cultural life of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, since it hosts activities organized both by the museum and by other cultural or educational institutions: book presentations, conferences, congresses, concerts, theater plays and film screenings, among other activities.
Themes
Room 1
Covers the following topics:
Prehistory
Preclassic period: shows the transition from an economy of direct appropriation to a mixed economy, with the integration of agriculture (2000-1000 B.C.). It is the era of the Olmec expansion and the flourishing of Izapa and Chiapa de Corzo.
Classic period (300-900 A.D.): emphasis is placed on the Maya and Zoque cultures.
Postclassic period: shows how, after the fall of the great Maya cities (900 A.D.), the population dispersed into small isolated communities, without regional social, political or religious cohesion
