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The Olmec and the origins of Mesoamerican civilisation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Hector Neff*
Affiliation:
*Department of Anthropology and IIRMES, California State University-Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90840-1003 (Email: hneff@csulb.edu)

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Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2006

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