Huasteca culture

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The Huasteca culture is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilization from the Gulf Coast region of Mexico, known for its distinctive art, music, and traditions that continue to influence local identities today.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Huastec culture 5
Huastec civilization 4
Huasteca culture canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological culture ⓘ
indigenous culture of Mexico ⓘ
pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilization ⓘ
archaeologicalSitesInclude Tamtoc ⓘ
Tamuín ⓘ
Vista Hermosa ⓘ
artStyle elaborate headdresses in sculpture ⓘ
naturalistic human figures ⓘ
nudity in figurative art ⓘ
associatedLanguage Wastek language ⓘ
associatedLanguageFamily Mayan language family ⓘ
linked to: Mayan languages
associatedPeople Huastec people ⓘ
linked to: Huastec
continuedUntil Spanish conquest of Mexico ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
engagedIn regional trade networks ⓘ
flourishedAround 900 CE ⓘ
geographicExtent parts of modern Hidalgo ⓘ
parts of modern Puebla ⓘ
parts of modern Querétaro ⓘ
parts of modern San Luis Potosí ⓘ
parts of modern Tamaulipas ⓘ
parts of modern Veracruz ⓘ
hadDeitiesInCommonWith other Mesoamerican cultures ⓘ
hasMainRegion Gulf Coast of Mexico ⓘ
Huasteca region ⓘ
northeastern Mesoamerica ⓘ
influences contemporary regional identities in the Huasteca ⓘ
local festivals in the Huasteca region ⓘ
local music in the Huasteca region ⓘ
knownFor body ornamentation in art ⓘ
ceramic figurines ⓘ
dance traditions ⓘ
distinctive sculpture ⓘ
female figurines ⓘ
fertility symbolism ⓘ
musical traditions ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ
stone carvings ⓘ
legacy ongoing Huastec indigenous communities ⓘ
survival of Wastek language into the present ⓘ
mainCrops beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
partOf Mesoamerican cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Mesoamerica
practiced agriculture ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
timePeriod Classic period ⓘ
Late Preclassic period ⓘ
Postclassic period ⓘ

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

Huejutla de Reyes → hasRegionalIdentity → Huasteca culture ⓘ
Huastec language → hasCulturalAssociation → Huastec culture ⓘ
linked to: Huasteca culture
Wasteko → hasCulturalAssociationWith → Huastec culture ⓘ
linked to: Huasteca culture
Museo de Antropología de Xalapa → mainSubject → Huastec culture ⓘ
linked to: Huasteca culture
Huapango huasteco → associatedWith → Huasteca culture ⓘ
Tamuín → hasCulturalHeritage → Huastec culture ⓘ
linked to: Huasteca culture
Tamuín → hasArchaeologicalCulture → Huastec civilization ⓘ
linked to: Huasteca culture
Eastern San Luis Potosí → hasCulturalHeritage → Huastec culture ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern San Luis Potosí
linked to: Huasteca culture
Teenek people → preColumbianCivilization → Huastec civilization ⓘ
linked to: Huasteca culture
Huastecan languages → associatedCulture → Huastec civilization ⓘ
linked to: Huasteca culture
Huastec cultural area → preConquestPopulation → Huastec city-states ⓘ
linked to: Huasteca culture
Huastec cultural area → archaeologicalCulture → Huastec civilization ⓘ
linked to: Huasteca culture