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Matacapan
18.5000° N, -95.2333° E
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Matacapan or Matacapan Piedra is a Classic era archaeological site in present-day Mexican state of Veracruz situated in the Sierra de Los Tuxtlas (Tuxtla Mountains), near Catemaco.
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
Contemporary Period
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