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... ceremonial centres and the first monumental stone sculpture occur at about 1000 BC in southern Vera- cruz and Tabasco . The sites in question , San Lorenzo and La Venta , are locations of characteristic Olmec art . This Olmec art art is ...
... ceremonial centres and the first monumental stone sculpture occur at about 1000 BC in southern Vera- cruz and Tabasco . The sites in question , San Lorenzo and La Venta , are locations of characteristic Olmec art . This Olmec art art is ...
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... ceremonial function in the establishment of European kings and nobles and were , in fact , regarded as a sign of nobility . In the later Middle Ages and for long afterward , they were associ- ated with kettledrums ( known originally as ...
... ceremonial function in the establishment of European kings and nobles and were , in fact , regarded as a sign of nobility . In the later Middle Ages and for long afterward , they were associ- ated with kettledrums ( known originally as ...
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... ceremonial , and unlike their North African counterparts they are of wood , often with sculpted shells . Their traditional pairing with trumpets reaches as far as south of the Congo . That portion of West Africa known as the Bend is the ...
... ceremonial , and unlike their North African counterparts they are of wood , often with sculpted shells . Their traditional pairing with trumpets reaches as far as south of the Congo . That portion of West Africa known as the Bend is the ...
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