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Olmec Maya Teotihuacan Veracruz Popol Vuh Palma Yolk. Mesoamerican Art Vocabulary. Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican Art . Olmec culture: 1200 BCE, peaked around 500 BCE. Region of Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador
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Olmec Maya Teotihuacan Veracruz Popol Vuh Palma Yolk Mesoamerican ArtVocabulary
Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican Art • Olmec culture: 1200 BCE, peaked around 500 BCE. Region of Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador • Mayan Culture: 3000 BC, peaked 250-900 CE. Region of Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador • Teotihuacan, Mexico: 100 BC-750 CE Peaked between 2nd-3rd centuries CE with a population of over 200,000 people • Aztec culture: 1325-1519 CE
Olmec culture,Female ritual ballplayer figurine,Mexico,1500-1000 BCE
Great Pyramid and ball court, La Venta, Olmec, ca. 1000-600 BCE
Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, Mayan, late 7th century