 In the course of history, influences of various other Mesoamerican cultures were absorbed.In the late Preclassic, the influence of the Olmec style is still discernable (as in the San Bartolo murals), whereas in the Early Classic, the style of central Mexican Teotihuacan made itself felt, just as that of the Toltec in the Postclassic.After the demise of the Classic riverine kingdoms, ancient Maya art went through an extended Postclassic phase (950-1550 CE) centered on the Yucatan peninsula, before the upheavals of the sixteenth century destroyed courtly culture and put an end to the Mayan artistic tradition.