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| | Characteristics of Indian cultures (from Middle American Indian) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | Even though it is possible to generalize broadly about cultural resemblances or patterns, the actual cultural unit was local or regional. |
 | | This is true despite the existence of larger political units, such as the Quiché of classical Guatemala, or the Aztec Empire. |
 | | group of languages spoken in an area of the aboriginal New World that includes central and southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, parts of Honduras and Nicaragua, and part of northwest Mexico. |
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