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Olmec artworks The
Olmecs (/ˈɒlmɛks, ˈoʊl-/) or
Olmec were an
early known major Mesoamerican civilization,
flourishing in the modern-day
Mexican states...
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inland from the coast. The
Olmecs are
regarded as the
first civilization to
develop in
Mesoamerica and the
Olmec heartland is one of six cradles...
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later pre-Columbian era cultures. The
first Mesoamerican civilization, the
Olmecs,
developed on present-day
Mexico southern Gulf
Coast in the
centuries before...
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Olmec hieroglyphs are a set of
glyphs developed within the
Olmec culture. The
Olmecs were the
earliest known major Mesoamerican civilization, flourishing...
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civilizations were
functional without Olmec influence and
describing the
Olmecs as the "mother culture" robs the
Olmecs and the
other civilizations of their...
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Regional Perspectives on the
Olmec.
Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-36332-7. Diehl,
Richard A. (2004). The
Olmecs: America's
First Civilization...
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writers suggest that the
Olmecs were
related to
peoples of Africa,
based primarily on
their interpretation of
facial features of
Olmec statues. They additionally...
- Epi-
Olmec ("post-
Olmec") may
refer to: Epi-
Olmec culture, pre-Columbian
archaeological culture/area in the
coastal Veracruz region of Mexico, ca. 300BCE–250CE...
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causes and
degree of
Olmec influences on
Mesoamerican cultures has been a
subject of
debate over many decades.
Although the
Olmecs are
considered to be...
- Civilization:
Discovering the
Olmec. New York: The
Smithsonian Library. Coe,
Michael D.; Rex
Koontz (2002). Mexico: from the
Olmecs to the
Aztecs (5th edition...
