Matacapan or Matacapan Piedra is a
Classic era archaeological site
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in present-day
Mexican state
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of
Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
situated in the Sierra de Los Tuxtlas (
Tuxtla Mountains), near Catemaco.
Mesoamerican sites
Archaeological sites in Veracruz
Los Tuxtlas
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