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Juxtlahuaca
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Juxtlahuaca

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Also known as Grutas de Juxtlahuaca

right|300px|thumb|Painting 1 from Juxtlahuaca.

Wikidata facts

Country
Mexico
Located in
Guerrero
Elevation
875
Image
Juxtlahuaca Jaguar (M Lachniet).jpg
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Commons category
Juxtlahuaca
culture
Olmecas
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • The cave
  • The paintings
  • Other artifacts
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References

right|300px|thumb|Painting 1 from Juxtlahuaca.

Juxtlahuaca (), or Xiuxtlahuaca (), is a cave and archaeological site in the Mexican state of Guerrero containing murals linked to the Olmec motifs and iconography. Along with the nearby Oxtotitlán cave, Juxtlahuaca walls contain the earliest sophisticated painted art known in Mesoamerica, and only known example of non-Maya deep cave art in Mesoamerica.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Juxtlahuaca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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