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gptkbp:instanceOf
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ancient people
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gptkbp:calendar
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early Long Count calendar
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gptkbp:centeredIn
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gptkb:Gulf_Coast_of_Mexico
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gptkbp:declinedAfter
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400 BCE
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gptkbp:discoveredBy
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archaeologists in 19th century
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gptkbp:discoveredIn
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1862 (first colossal head)
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gptkbp:economy
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agriculture
trade
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gptkbp:firstMajorCivilizationOf
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gptkb:Mesoamerica
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gptkbp:flourishedDuring
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c. 1500 BCE – 400 BCE
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Olmec civilization
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Maya_civilization
gptkb:Zapotec_civilization
Teotihuacan
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gptkbp:knownFor
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ballgame
jade artifacts
colossal head sculptures
early writing system
pyramidal structures
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gptkbp:language
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unknown (possibly Mixe–Zoquean)
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Mesoamerica
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gptkbp:mainCrops
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maize
squash
beans
manioc
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gptkbp:mainDeity
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Feathered Serpent
Jaguar god
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gptkbp:majorSite
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gptkb:La_Venta
gptkb:San_Lorenzo_Tenochtitlán
gptkb:Tres_Zapotes
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gptkbp:material
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gptkb:ceramics
gptkb:jade
granite
obsidian
hematite
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gptkbp:motif
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gptkb:mythological_figure
baby-face figurines
were-jaguar
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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drainage systems
earliest known pyramid in Mesoamerica
ritual ballcourts
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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gptkb:Matthew_Stirling
gptkb:Michael_D._Coe
gptkb:Miguel_Covarrubias
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gptkbp:notablePlace
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altars
colossal basalt heads
jade masks
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gptkbp:populationEstimate
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tens of thousands
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gptkbp:possibleWriting
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gptkb:Cascajal_Block
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gptkbp:possibleWritingDate
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c. 900 BCE
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Tabasco
gptkb:Veracruz
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gptkbp:religion
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polytheistic
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gptkbp:style
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distinctive
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Epi-Olmec_culture
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gptkbp:tradedOn
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distant Mesoamerican regions
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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gptkb:Olmec_hieroglyphs
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Classic_Maya
gptkb:Jade
gptkb:Mayan_and_Aztec_civilizations
gptkb:Mesoamerica
gptkb:Pre-Columbian_era
gptkb:Maya_religion
gptkb:Mesoamerican_cuisine
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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