Classic Veracruz culture

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Classic Veracruz culture was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilization centered in the modern Mexican state of Veracruz, noted for its elaborate ballgame rituals, distinctive stone yokes and hachas, and intricate art and architecture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican culture ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
pre-Columbian civilization ⓘ
artStyle narrative scenes ⓘ
scrollwork relief carving ⓘ
smiling face figurines ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
economyBasedOn maize agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
endTime circa 900 CE ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod Classic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
hasCenter Cempoala ⓘ
El Tajín ⓘ
Matacapan ⓘ
Nopiloa ⓘ
Quiahuiztlán ⓘ
Remojadas ⓘ
hasFeature ballcourts ⓘ
pyramid-temple complexes ⓘ
relief-carved panels ⓘ
hasReligion polytheism ⓘ
influenced Postclassic Gulf Coast cultures ⓘ
influencedBy Olmec culture ⓘ
linked to: Olmec civilization

Teotihuacan culture ⓘ
knownFor ballgame-related sculpture ⓘ
ceramic sculpture ⓘ
complex iconography ⓘ
elaborate architecture ⓘ
elaborate ballgame rituals ⓘ
intricate art ⓘ
palmas ⓘ
stone hachas ⓘ
stone yokes ⓘ
languageFamilyAssociated Totonacan languages ⓘ
linked to: Totonac languages
locatedIn Gulf Coast of Mexico ⓘ
Mesoamerica ⓘ
Veracruz ⓘ
majorSite Cempoala ⓘ
El Tajín ⓘ
Matacapan ⓘ
Nopiloa ⓘ
Remojadas ⓘ
partOf Classic Veracruz tradition ⓘ
practiced Mesoamerican ballgame ⓘ
startTime circa 250 CE ⓘ
usedArtifact palma ⓘ
stone hacha ⓘ
stone yoke ⓘ

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Teotihuacan civilization → influenced → Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ
Classic period in Mesoamerica → dominantCultureInRegion → Classic Veracruz cultures ⓘ
linked to: Classic Veracruz culture
Veracruz Spanish → associatedWith → Veracruz culture ⓘ
linked to: Classic Veracruz culture
El Tajín → culture → Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ
El Tajín → partOf → Classic Veracruz cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Classic Veracruz culture
Classic Veracruz culture → partOf → Classic Veracruz tradition ⓘ
linked to: Classic Veracruz culture
Epi-Olmec culture → precedes → Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ
Epi-Olmec culture → culturalInfluenceOn → Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ
Papantla region of Veracruz → hasArchaeologicalHeritage → Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ
Municipality of Papantla → hasArchaeologicalCulture → Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of Papantla
Pyramid of the Niches → culture → Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ
Tajín Chico → culturalAttribution → Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ
Tajín Chico → architecturalStyle → Classic Veracruz style ⓘ
linked to: Classic Veracruz culture
South Ballcourt → culture → Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ
Group of the Columns → associatedWithCulture → Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ
Building 5 (El Tajín) → culture → Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ
subject linked to: Building 5
Building 5 (El Tajín) → architecturalStyle → Classic Veracruz style ⓘ
subject linked to: Building 5
linked to: Classic Veracruz culture
Building 19 (El Tajín) → culturalContext → Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ
subject linked to: Building 19
Plaza del Arroyo → associatedCulture → Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ
Xicomecoatl → predecessorCulture → Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ
subject linked to: Totonac ruler Xicomecoatl
North Ballcourt → associatedWithCulture → Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ
Building 20 → civilization → Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ
Remojadas → partOf → Classic Veracruz cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Classic Veracruz culture
Nopiloa → associatedWith → Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ
Nopiloa → culture → Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ
Nopiloa → archaeologicalCulture → Classic Veracruz ⓘ
linked to: Classic Veracruz culture
Nopiloa → partOf → Classic Veracruz archaeological tradition ⓘ
linked to: Classic Veracruz culture
Matacapan → partOf → Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ
Cerro de las Mesas → culture → Classic Veracruz culture ⓘ