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EarlierPoverty Point Earthworks Completed1200 BCE
LaterLinear B Tablets Inscribed At Pylos1180 BCE
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The Olmec colossal heads are stone representations of human heads sculpted from large basalt boulders. They range in height from 1.17 to 3.4 metres (3.8 to 11.2 ft). The heads date from at least 900 BCE and are a distinctive feature of the Olmec civilization of ancient Mesoamerica.

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