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The Preclassic Period of the Maya
Southern Maya Area
By 2000 BCE, there were speakers of Mayan languages in the Southern Maya Area.
The map shows the Olmec heartland and the Southern Maya Area of the Preclassic era. The Olmec heartland was located on the southern portion of Mexico's Gulf Coast region between the Tuxtla mountains and the Olmec archaeological site of La Venta, extending roughly 80 km (50 mi) inland from the Gulf of Mexico coastline at its deepest. From west to east, it included the cities of Tres Zapotes, San Lorenzo, and La Venta. The Southern Maya Area was located within a broad arc or cantilevered rectangle from Chiapa de Corzo, in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, in the northwest due south to Izapa and Paso de la Amada, from Chiapa de Corzo southeast to Copán, Honduras, and from Copán south to Chalchuapa, El Salvadolo. From west to east, it included the cities of Pijijiiapan, Pajón, Chiapa de Corzo, Paso de la Amada, Izapa, TAkalik Abaj, El Baúl, Kaminaljuyu, Chalchuapa, Copán, and Quiriguá.
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