Epi-Olmec culture

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The Epi-Olmec culture was a late Formative Mesoamerican civilization in the Gulf Coast region, known for its transition from Olmec traditions toward Classic Veracruz culture and for developing one of the earliest known Mesoamerican writing systems.

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Label Occurrences
Epi-Olmec culture canonical 2
Epi-Olmec 1
Epi-Olmec period 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican culture
archaeological culture
chronologicallyOverlaps Early Classic period
Late Formative period
culturalInfluenceFrom Olmec civilization
surface form: Olmec culture
culturalInfluenceOn Classic Veracruz culture
developsFrom Late Olmec regional traditions
endTime circa 250 CE
follows Olmec civilization
hasArchaeologicalSite Cerro de las Mesas
La Mojarra
Tres Zapotes
hasArtifact La Mojarra Stela 1
Tres Zapotes Stela C
Tuxtla Statuette
hasArtStyle monumental stone sculpture
stelae with inscriptions
hasChronologicalPhase Late Formative Epi-Olmec phase
hasEconomicActivity maize agriculture
regional trade
hasEnvironment riverine floodplains
tropical lowland rainforest
hasIconography rulers in elaborate regalia
supernatural beings
hasLanguage Epi-Olmec script
surface form: Epi-Olmec language
hasRegion southern Veracruz lowlands
hasReligion polytheism
hasSocialStructure chiefdom-level society
hasWritingSystem Epi-Olmec script
Isthmian script (in some regions)
surface form: Isthmian script
knownFor early Mesoamerican writing system
transition from Olmec to Classic Veracruz traditions
locatedIn Gulf Coast of Mexico
Isthmus of Tehuantepec
surface form: Isthmus of Tehuantepec region

Veracruz
partOf Formative period of Mesoamerica
precedes Classic Veracruz culture
sharesTraditionWith Olmec heartland
surface form: Gulf Coast Olmec sites
startTime circa 300 BCE
uses hieroglyphic writing
logophonetic script
usesCalendar Long Count calendar
usesMaterial basalt
jade
usesNumeralSystem vigesimal numeral system

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Olmec civilization influenced Epi-Olmec culture
Mesoamerican Long Count calendar usedBy Epi-Olmec culture
this entity surface form: Izapa culture
Tres Zapotes culture Epi-Olmec culture
this entity surface form: Epi-Olmec
Tres Zapotes hasEpoch Epi-Olmec culture
this entity surface form: Epi-Olmec period
Isthmian script (in some regions) associatedCulture Epi-Olmec culture
subject surface form: Isthmian script