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10391328717tributean act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration0
10391335447ayllusin Incan society, a clan or community that worked together on projects required by the ruler1
10391341361Mesoamericaa region and cultural area in the Americas, extending approximately from central Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica2
10391343266mother civilizationA civilization that has a culture that spreads.3
10391346952hieroglyphicsAn ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds4
10391351767Classic PeriodRunning from roughly 1200 BCE to 455 CE5
10391355372Obsidiana hard, dark, glasslike volcanic rock formed by the rapid solidification of lava without crystallization.6
10391356876Slash-and-burn agriculturea widely used method of growing food in which wild or forested land is clear-cut and any remaining vegetation burned7
10391361727CaracolObservatory to study astronomy8
10391369667Chichen ItzaChichen Itza was a major focal point in the Northern Maya Lowlands from the Late Classic9
10391372473Mayana large family of American Indian languages spoken in Central America and Mexico, of which the chief members are Maya and Quiché.10
10391374923Mayaa member of an American Indian people of Yucatán and adjacent areas11
10391376169Teotihuacana vast Mexican archaeological complex northeast of Mexico City12
10391377625Olmeca member of a prehistoric people inhabiting the coast of Veracruz and western Tabasco on the Gulf of Mexico13
10391380451Huaca del Solan adobe brick temple built by the Moche civilization14
10391382102Huaca del Lunaa large adobe brick structure built mainly by the Moche people of northern Peru.15
10391385960Mochea pre-Inca culture that flourished on the northern coast of Peru in the 1st to 7th centuries AD.16

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