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... Olmec statuettes have been found at Tlatilco with late Pre - Classic material . The rise of Olmec civilization . It was once assumed that the Formative stage was characterized only by simple farming villages . It is now realized ...
... Olmec statuettes have been found at Tlatilco with late Pre - Classic material . The rise of Olmec civilization . It was once assumed that the Formative stage was characterized only by simple farming villages . It is now realized ...
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... Olmec were the concave mirrors of iron ore , which were pierced to be worn around the neck . These could throw pictures on a flat surface and could probably start fires on hot tinder . Olmec leaders at La Venta , whether they were kings ...
... Olmec were the concave mirrors of iron ore , which were pierced to be worn around the neck . These could throw pictures on a flat surface and could probably start fires on hot tinder . Olmec leaders at La Venta , whether they were kings ...
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... Olmec civilization in southeastern Meso - America into something approaching the earliest lowland Maya civilization and ( 2 ) the abrupt appearance , toward the end of the Late Formative , of fully urban culture at Teotihuacán in the ...
... Olmec civilization in southeastern Meso - America into something approaching the earliest lowland Maya civilization and ( 2 ) the abrupt appearance , toward the end of the Late Formative , of fully urban culture at Teotihuacán in the ...
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PRECOLUMBIAN CIVILIZATIONS | 1 |
PREHISTORIC Peoples AND CULTURES | 45 |
PRINTING TYPOGRAPHY AND PHOTOENGRAVING | 71 |
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