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The Olmecs were an ancient Mesoamerican (meaning Middle America) civilization that lived between 1400 BCE to 400 BCE. They lived in south-central in Mexico, what is now roughly the states of Veracruz and Tabasco. A picture of the "Olmec Heartland" is shown here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Olmec_Heartland_Overview_4.svg.

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