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The name of this civilization comes from a word for "rubber." Their greatest building was a circular pyramid that rises over 100 feet from a base of over 500 feet in diameter, and it stands at their religious center of La Venta. The absence of walls around their towns in the Tobasco and Veracruz region indicates that they had a pacifistic society, though they probably practiced infant sacrifice. Beginning around 1100 BC and flourishing until 600 AD, FTP, name this "mother culture" of Mexico, best remembered today for the colossal stone heads they carved.
The name of this civilization comes from a word for "rubber.
The {Olmec}s