The OLMEC created massive monuments, including colossal stone heads, thrones, stela (upright slabs), and statues. They may have been the originators of the Mesoamerican ball game, a ceremonial team sport played throughout the region for centuries.
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Aug 26, 2013 . The OLMEC were great traders who had contacts with other cultures from Central America to the Valley of Mexico. They traded away their finely made and polished celts, masks, figurines and small statues.
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The oldest known OLMEC site is a ceremonial complex at San Lorenzo in Mexico’s Tabasco state, which enjoyed a 300-year heyday from about 1400 to 1100 BC, making it a few centuries older than the ...
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The OLMEC were the first major civilization in Mexico. They lived in the tropical lowlands on the Gulf of Mexico in the present-day Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco. The name OLMEC is a Nahuatl—the Aztec language—word; it means the rubber people.
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Other OLMEC artifacts include so-called baby-faced figures and figurines. These display a rounded facial form, thick features, heavy-lidded eyes, and down-turned mouths, and they are sometimes referred to as were-jaguars .
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Apr 30, 2017 . God IV is the OLMEC god of rain and was an agricultural fertility deity. It was depicted as a were-jaguar. Usually it was shown wearing a headband, pectoral badges, and ear ornaments. God IV has characteristics that suggest it was the predecessor of the Aztec Tlaloc and the Maya Chac.
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Aerial remote-sensing of a large region of Mexico has revealed hundreds of ancient Mesoamerican ceremonial centers, including a large one at an important site for the ancient OLMEC culture that is known for its colossal stone heads. The remote-sensing method, called lidar, pinpointed 478 ceremonial centers in areas that were home to the ancient OLMEC …
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'Ancient OLMEC artefacts give the theory further substance. The written language found on the OLMECs jars, pottery, and statues reveals what could be the actual influence of Chinese culture.
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The first Mesoamerican civilization, the OLMECs, developed on present-day Mexico southern Gulf Coast in the centuries before 1200 BCE. The culture lasted until roughly 400 BCE, at which time their center of La Venta lay abandoned. The OLMEC culture is often considered a "mother culture" to later Mesoamerican cultures.
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According to their history, the OLMECs were the first people who settled down in the coastal regions of central America, about 1500 years before Christ was born. It is believed that they first settled down in San Lorenzo. From about 900 BC, their capital city moved to La Venta. The city was situated on an island in the Tonala river.
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An OLMEC Legacy – The Mesoamerican Ball Game By 400 BC, the OLMECs mysteriously vanished, the cause of which is still unknown. Although the OLMECs were only rediscovered by archaeologists relatively recently, i.e. after the Second World War, they were by no means a forgotten civilization.
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Living around the Gulf of Mexico for nearly 1,000 years, the OLMEC civilization was a major influence on the region up until 300 BC. They are often considered the first ordered civilization in the Americas and are thought to have even influenced the Mayans and the Aztecs. One city is estimated to have been the home to 13,000 people at minimum.
OLMEC jadeite mask 1000–600 BCE. The OLMECs (/ˈɒlmɛks, ˈoʊl-/) were the earliest known major civilization in Mesoamerica following a progressive development in Soconusco. They lived in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in the present-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco.
Many thrones, colossal heads, and other major pieces of OLMEC art have been found at La Venta. Complex A, a religious complex located in the royal compound at La Venta, is one of the most important ancient OLMEC sites. The ancient OLMEC had a rich culture.
OLMECs were known to often bury their sculptures including large ones as a ritual act of memory. The OLMECs influenced civilizations across Mesoamerica, particularly in sculpture. Also many OLMEC gods reappear in the later civilization in a similar manner such as the sky-dragon and the feathered-snake God.