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gptkbp:instanceOf
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ancient Mesoamerican civilization
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gptkbp:archaeologicalSite
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gptkb:Laguna_de_los_Cerros
gptkb:La_Venta
gptkb:San_Lorenzo_Tenochtitlán
gptkb:Tres_Zapotes
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gptkbp:declinedAfter
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c. 400 BCE
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gptkbp:discoveredBy
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gptkb:José_Melgar_y_Serrano
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gptkbp:economy
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agriculture
trade
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gptkbp:firstColossalHeadDiscovered
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1862
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Olmec culture
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Maya_civilization
gptkb:Zapotec_civilization
gptkb:Teotihuacan_culture
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gptkbp:knownFor
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jade artifacts
Mesoamerican ballgame
early writing system
pyramidal structures
colossal stone heads
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gptkbp:language
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unknown (possibly Mixe–Zoquean)
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gptkbp:mainDeity
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rain god
maize god
jaguar god
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gptkbp:material
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gptkb:ceramics
gptkb:jade
granite
obsidian
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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urban planning
long-distance trade
complex iconography
earliest known Mesoamerican civilization
mother culture of Mesoamerica
ritual centers
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gptkbp:notablePlace
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gptkb:ceramics
altars
jade masks
colossal heads
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gptkbp:period
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c. 1600 BCE – 400 BCE
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Gulf_Coast_of_Mexico
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gptkbp:religion
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mythology
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gptkbp:style
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gptkb:naturalist
monumental sculpture
Olmec art
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Epi-Olmec_culture
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gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list
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gptkb:La_Venta
gptkb:San_Lorenzo_Tenochtitlán
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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gptkb:Olmec_hieroglyphs
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:The_Feathered_Serpent
gptkb:Nahuatl_culture
gptkb:ballgame_(Pok-ta-pok)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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