Duck Shaped Pot. Culture: Tlatilco. Place of origin: Tlatilco, Valley of Mexico. Period : Middle Preclassic. Date: c. 1200-800 B.C. Medium: Modeled clay. Collection: Museo Amparo.

Dancing dogs. Date: c. 200 B.C.–A.D. 200. Culture: Late Preclassic Colima. Medium: Blackware ceramic. Collection: Princeton University Art Museum.

Giant olmec heads are at least 17 monumental depictions of human head stones carved into large basaltic rocks.

According to studies, most of heads are from early Preclassic period, between 1500-1000 BC and some of them from Middle Preclassic period 1000-400 BC.

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Geologists in northern Guatemala have discovered a massive Maya site that stretches approximately 650 square miles (1,700 square kilometers) and dates to the Middle and Late Preclassic period (roughly 1000 B.C. to 250 B.C.).
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Maya, Late Preclassic, 200 BCE-200 CE.

Olmec 'u-shaped' yugitos (small yokes) were made from stones such as jadeite and basalt, which likely served as parts of ceremonial belt assemblages.

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One ton Olmec statue of “Earth monster” a cosmogonic creature frequently appearing in Olmec iconography. It is believed to date back to the Middle Preclassic Period (800BC-400BC).

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Maya, Late Preclassic, 300 BCE-300 CE

The origin of the stone that was used to make this mask reveals the exchange network present during pre-Hispanic times in the Maya area. Muscovite is believed to come from the eastern highlands of Guatemala, near the Motagua River.

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Olmec sculpture from La Venta. Basalt. Middle Preclassic (700-400BC)

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El Baúl is an ancient Mayan archaeological site located in present-day Guatemala, near the town of Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa.

It was constructed during the Middle Preclassic period, around 1000 BC, making it one of oldest known Mayan sites. El Baúl was likely inhabited by…

Earliest evidence of domestication of the cacao plant dates to the Olmec culture from the Preclassic period. The Olmecs used it for religious rituals or as a medicinal drink, with no recipes for personal use.

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El Mirador is a large pre-Columbian Middle and Late Preclassic (1000 BC - 250 AD) Maya settlement, located in the north of the modern department of El Petén, Guatemala. It is part of the Mirador-Calakmul Karst Basin of northern Guatemala.

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Preclassic Central Mexican Ceramic Animal-shaped Vessel

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The Mayan ruins of Tikal are located in the dense rainforests of northern Guatemala. Constructed during the Preclassic period around 600 BC, Tikal was one of the largest and most powerful Mayan c...
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KATYAYAN VAJPAYEE Aguada Fénix is a large Preclassic Mayan ruin located in the state of Tabasco, Mexico, near the border with Guatemala was discovered by aerial survey using laser mapping, and announced in 2020.and is believed to have been built from around 1000 BC to 800 BC