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All Mesoamerican cultures used Stone Age technology

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Time: 1000s

Place: Petén Department, Guatemala

Details: All Mesoamerican cultures used Stone Age technology; after c. 1000 AD copper, silver, and gold were worked. Mesoamerica lacked draft animals, did not use the wheel, and possessed few domesticated animals; the principal means of transport was on foot or by canoe.

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