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    Olmec
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

    OLMEC ol mek, term denoting the culture of ancient Mexican natives...lowland groups remains unclear. The largest and best known Olmec sites are situated along rivers on the coastal plain and...ceremonial" sites found in Mesoamerica. For this reason, the Olmec are often considered to be the cultura madre (mother culture...
     
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    Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

    ...culture from the framework of Maya chronology. The Olmec The Olmec civilization, to the west, in the area of Veracruz...the period 800 to 400 b.c. marks the finest period of Olmec art as typified by the finds made at the site of La...
     
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    Mixtec
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

    ...origin is obscure. Before the arrival (700?) of the Toltec on the central plateau, the Mixtec, possibly influenced by the Olmec , seem to have been the carriers of the advanced highland culture. Probably c.900 they began spreading southward, overrunning...
     
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    Toltec
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

    ...capital was Tollan (see Tula ). In architecture and the arts they were masters; they were influenced by Teotihuacan and the Olmec culture. Cholula is considered to be a Toltec site. Toltec civilization was materially far advanced. They smelted metals...
     
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    Villahermosa
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

    ...surrounding region. Oil is the economic mainstay. Villahermosa was founded in the 16th cent. The city possesses a large collection of Olmec and Mayan artifacts, which are exhibited in the Regional Anthropological Museum and the La Venta Park-Museum...
     

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