Maya and Mexican Indians Quiz Gap-fill exercise   The flourished on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico between 1500 and 1000 B.C. They are most famous for creating large stone out of rock that was mined sixty miles away from their city. The Olmec's god was a man- . The next great culture was , which was located near Lake Texcoco. Their most important gods was Quetzalcoatl who was a feathered . The next important civilization which developed was the Maya. They built important ceremonial centers such as . Besides Mexico, the Maya also lived in El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, and . The Maya had a number system based on twenty and they also were one of few civilizations to develop the concept of the number . The Maya written language was based on . The last group mentioned in the chapter was the . They lived north of Mexico City and had a king named Quetzalcoatl.