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Olmecas

Mesoamerican civilization
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Summary

Olmecas is a civilization[1]. Olmecas draws 11,302 Wikipedia views per month (civilization category, ranking #4 of 28).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: culture[3], ethnic group[4]
  • Location: Olmec heartland[5], Mesoamerica[6]
  • Commons category: Olmec[7]
  • Start time: 1400 BC[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Olmec[9]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]
  • Has works in the collection: Art Institute of Chicago[12]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Olmec[13]
  • P14541: clTep[14]

Why It Matters

Olmecas has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Olmecas is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM480785
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM480785, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → -1400-00-00T00:00:00Z
    P14541 → clTep
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 19w ago · ~2026-32302-81 · 2026-06-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → -1400-00-00T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Start time: 1467 BCE"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → —
    Instance of → civilization, culture, ethnic group
    Aliases → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 14249, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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