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Mesoamerican civilization pre-Columbian civilizations Aztec Maya Inca Moche Olmec Nahua Mixe-Zoquean Totonac Tarasco Chimú

Key People

Elsie Clews Parsons.

Elsie Clews Parsons

American anthropologist