Seated Jade Olmec figure, BC - 100 AD. The Olmecs were the earliest known major civilization in Mexico. By 1600-1500 BCE, early Olmec culture had emerged, centred on the San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan site near the coast in southeast Veracruz. They were the first Mesoamerican civilization, and laid many of the foundations for the civilizations that followed.

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Keywords: -, .1500, 100, ad., bc, civilization, figure, jade, mesoamerican, mexico, olmec, olmecs, sculpture, seated, statuette, tenochtitlan, veracruz