# The block dates to the Middle Formative (Palangana phase or later), after 900 BC.

> Still possible: The block dates to the Middle Formative (Palangana phase or later), after 900 BC.

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# The block dates to the Middle Formative (Palangana phase or later), after 900 BC.

The block dates to the Middle Formative (Palangana phase or later), after 900 BC.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionDeduced0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Its motifs are closest to La Venta period art.

## What would rule it out

- Excavated San Lorenzo phase deposits at the site yield inscribed or stylistically matching objects.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[A few Palangana sherds (800 to 400 BC) were in the debris.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cascajal-block/evidence/EVD0CYBC4046J7K/a-few-palangana-sherds-800-to-400-bc-were-in-the-debris)

Suggestive

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## The questions it answers

[Does the block date to the San Lorenzo phase, about 900 BC?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cascajal-block/questions/QST0CYBBXWT7R64/does-the-block-date-to-the-san-lorenzo-phase-about-900-bc)

Part of [Is the block an ancient Olmec object?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cascajal-block/questions/QST0CYBBXN038ZM/is-the-block-an-ancient-olmec-object)

Most likelyThe block belongs with the San Lorenzo phase material, about 1000 to 900 BC

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The block dates to the Middle Formative (Palangana phase or later), after 900 BC. [Answer ANS0CYBC3RA2WQE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CYBC3RA2WQE
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