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... centre of El Tajín , placed among jungle - covered hills in a region occupied by the Totonac Indians , whose capital this may well have been . Its most imposing structure is the Pyramid of the Niches , named for the approximately 365 ...
... centre of El Tajín , placed among jungle - covered hills in a region occupied by the Totonac Indians , whose capital this may well have been . Its most imposing structure is the Pyramid of the Niches , named for the approximately 365 ...
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... centre in the Late Clas- sic , went through a rapid growth during the period 900- 1200 and then declined to a provincial centre in the Late Postclassic . There is a strong suggestion that the demise of Classic Teotihuacán was in part ...
... centre in the Late Clas- sic , went through a rapid growth during the period 900- 1200 and then declined to a provincial centre in the Late Postclassic . There is a strong suggestion that the demise of Classic Teotihuacán was in part ...
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... centre of leisure for national and foreign tourists , and people wearing bathing suits can be seen walking in the streets and along the beaches or traveling on the city's buses . Perhaps at no time is the city's festive reputation ...
... centre of leisure for national and foreign tourists , and people wearing bathing suits can be seen walking in the streets and along the beaches or traveling on the city's buses . Perhaps at no time is the city's festive reputation ...
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PREHISTORIC Peoples aND CULTURES | 45 |
PRINTING TYPOGRAPHY AND PHOTOENGRAVING | 71 |
PRINTMAKING | 112 |
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