San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán
The earliest major Olmec center, in the Veracruz lowlands; famed for colossal basalt heads and the first state-level society in Mesoamerica.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1,400 BCE mainstream
San Lorenzo phase: rise to maximum power source - 1,200 BCE mainstream
peak as the largest Mesoamerican city; colossal heads carved source - 900 BCE mainstream
decline as La Venta rises source
Where
17.7536° N, 94.7600° W
Sources
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