La Venta

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Architecture · c. 900 BC–400 BC · Tabasco · Americas

Earthen pyramid and buried mosaic offerings — a template for Mesoamerican city plans

Style

Olmec art — Mesoamerica's first great sculpture: basalt ruler heads and were-jaguar infants

Century

10th century BC

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Made around the same time (±30 years)

• c. 900 BC Juxtlahuaca · Olmec art · Guerrero