Today we're diving into the Olmecs, a Mesoamerican civilization, occupying the modern-Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco during the Preclassic Era in the years 2,500-400 BCE and flourished during the years 1,500-400 BCE.

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Books and Articles used for research are as follows:
-Olmec Archaeology and Early America by Christopher Pool
-America's First Civilization by Michael D. Coe
-The Olmecs: America's First Civilization by Richard Diehl
-From Stone to Symbols: Olmec Art in a Social Context at San Lorenzo Tenochlitlan by Ann Cyphers
-Farming, Hunting and Fishing in the Olmec World by Amber VanDerwarker
-Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks by Karl Taube

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