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What type of sculptures were created by the Olmecs? How did they get the materials needed to make the sculptures?

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The Olmecs produced an abundance of basalt sculpture. Basalt blocks were quarried, then transported from distant sites.

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The cave paintings are found mostly in mountains in the present-day Mexican state of Guerrero. The Olmecs created mainly sculptures out of basalt. The Mayans made sculptures out of stucco and created pottery out of clay.

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