Las Flores (archaeological site)
Las Flores is an archaeological site pertaining to the Huastec civilization in the city of Tampico, Tamaulipas, in Mexico.
Huastec statue from the Tampico Region, 14th–16th centuries
The Huastec civilization was a pre-Columbian civilization of Mesoamerica, occupying a territory on the Gulf coast of Mexico that included the northern portion of Veracruz state, and neighbouring regions of the states of Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas. The Huastec people were an early offshoot of the Maya peoples that migrated northwards.
Late Postclassic Huastec temple at Castillo de Teayo
Classic period sculpture in the Museum of Anthropology in Xalapa, Veracruz
Early Postclassic life-death figure at the Brooklyn Museum
Approximate routes and dates of the proto-Huastec and other Maya-speaking groups