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Epi-Olmec

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Epi-Olmec ("post-Olmec") may refer to:

  • Epi-Olmec culture, pre-Columbian archaeological culture/area in the coastal Veracruz region of Mexico, ca. 300BCE–250CE
  • Isthmian script, also known as Epi-Olmec script, a Mesoamerican writing system

Contrast with

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  • Olmec, earlier and distinct Mesoamerican archaeological culture and tradition, dating ca. 1200–400 BCE
  • Olmeca-Xicalanca, a Mesoamerican culture living in Mexico's Veracruz and Tabasco regions at the time of the 16thC Spanish conquest