Ancient Americas: The Olmec Heads
The Ancients
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The History of the Olmec
When we're talking about the term Olmec, the waters are quite muddied because of the history of investigation. It wasn't until decades later that people realized that the material remains were coming from lots of different places throughout Mesoamerica. And so there was not a way to specifically pinpoint this artistic style as the product of one single culture.
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