The First Civilizations of Peru's Highlands

A History of Mankind (54)

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During the late- and post-Olmec periods, from about 500 BC, western parts of the Olmec region may have come under the control of the Zapotec rulers of Monte Albán, an impressive city on a ridge that is part of the southern stretch of the central…