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| Carved from stone quarried in the far-away Tuxtla Mountains, this giant male head is characteristic of the Olmec work found at the ancient city of La Venta in Tabasco State, Mexico. The Olmecs, who inhabited Mesoamerica between 1500 and 600 bc, were the first in the region to use stone for sculpture and architecture. | ||||||
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| Native Americans of Middle and South America; Olmec; Mesoamerica | ||||||
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