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Olmecs
Variant of Olmec
a member of an ancient American Indian people centered in what are now the Mexican states of Tabasco and Veracruz
adjective
of the culture of this people, characterized by a highly developed system of agriculture, jade carvings, and sculpture in the form of giant heads
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