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West Mexico Classic

Teuchitlán

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absolute time period: c. 1800-1100 b.p. (although many of the features of the West Mexico Classic tradition begin in the Formative period, c. 2300 b.p.).

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Weigand, P.C. (2001). West Mexico Classic. In: Peregrine, P.N., Ember, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0525-9_31

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