{{Short description|Archaeological site in Mexico}}
{{No citations|date=March 2023}}[[Image:Classic sites 1.png|right|400px|thumb|La Mojarra and other Classic era sites.]]'''La Mojarra''' is an [[archaeological site]] in the [[Mexican state]] of [[Veracruz]], located near [[Gulf of Mexico|Gulf Coast]], at a bend in the Acula River.  It was continually occupied from the late [[Mesoamerican chronology#Preclassic Era or Formative Period|Formative period]] (ca. 300 [[Before Common Era|BCE]]) until perhaps as late as 1000 [[Common Era|CE]].

Not a large site, La Mojarra has been little excavated.  It covers roughly 1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and consists of small mounds and a modest plaza. Three [[kilns]] have been unearthed, which fired locally used orange pottery.

Nonetheless, La Mojarra and environs have yielded two important [[Epi-Olmec culture]] artifacts: [[La Mojarra Stela 1]] and the [[Tuxtla Statuette]].  Both of these artifacts contain what has been classified as [[Epi-Olmec script]] as well as very early [[Mesoamerican Long Count calendar|Long Count calendar]] dates.

==References==

*Diehl, Richard A. (2000) “Mojarra, La (Veraruz, Mexico),” in ''Archaeology of Ancient Mexico & Central America: an Encyclopedia''; Routledge, London. 
*Diehl, Richard A. (2004) ''The Olmecs: America’s First Civilization'', Thames & Hudson, London.

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[[Category:Mesoamerican sites]]
[[Category:Epi-Olmec sites]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Mexico]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Veracruz]]