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   ocr: 31 KunzAxe - - - - 1 BETWEEN 1,200 AND 400 B.C., PEOPLE IN MANY PARTS OF Mesoamerica erected monumental constructions of earth and stone and created artifacts of stunning complexity. The Olmec, who lived on the Mexican Gulf Coast, were one of these people. Thanks to the Olmec's extensive trade, there were widespread similarities in styles of stone carving and ceramic decoration thoughout Mesoamerica during the first millennium B.C. This threthousandyear-old, tifteen-pound jade sculpture, called the Kunz Axe after a former owner, is a depiction part human, part beast. It was reportedly found in ...