The OLMEC colossal heads are the most famous artifacts left behind by the OLMEC civilization. The OLMEC people are believed to have occupied a large part of modern-day Southern Mexico. Photograph by DEA / M. SEEMULLER
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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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Aug 26, 2013 . OLMEC Trade and Commerce: 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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Aug 19, 2013 . The OLMECs were extremely talented artists and sculptors: they produced many statues, masks, figurines, stelae, thrones and more. They are best known for their massive colossal heads, seventeen of which have been found at four different archaeological sites.
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Jun 09, 2015 . The giant OLMEC heads are one of the most important symbols of this ancient civilization. They were able to transport rocks weighing over 20 tons which points to incredibly technology that would allow them to move these giant blocks of stone across rivers, jungles and mountains. No one has been able to logically explain how they managed it.
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Mar 04, 2019 . Although archeologists have used the name “OLMEC,” to refer to the Black builders of ancient Mexico’s first civilizations, recent discoveries have proven that these Afro-OLMECs were West Africans of the Mende language and cultural group.
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The OLMECs are especially identified with 17 huge stone heads—ranging in height from 1.47 to 3.4 metres (4.82 to 11.15 feet)—with flat faces and full lips, wearing helmetlike headgear. It is generally thought that these are portraits of OLMEC rulers. Other OLMEC artifacts include so-called baby-faced figures and figurines.
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An airborne lidar survey recently revealed hundreds of long-lost Maya and OLMEC ceremonial sites in southern Mexico. The 32,800-square-mile area was surveyed by the Mexican Instituto Nacional de ...
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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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The OLMECs. The OLMECs: (The 'Rubber People') The OLMECs are one of the most fascinating civilisations in the Pre-Columbian Americas. They are easily recognised by their creative, enigmatic, and soulful artwork; They were the first to introduce ball-courts and they are candidates for the first writing and the initiation of the long-count.
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The OLMEC civilization is believed to be the first true civilization in Mesoamerica (area which now covers Mexico and Central America). Traces of them are found in the tropical lowlands of Mexico. The OLMECs were the predecessors of the Maya, Aztec and other later civilizations in the region.
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Apr 30, 2017 . The most recognizable artifacts created by the OLMECs are 17 colossal basalt heads that have been discovered across four different sites. The OLMEC gathered basalt from boulders located in the Sierra de los Tuxtlas. These stones were very large and it is unknown how they moved them to their final resting places.
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OLMEC, the first elaborate pre-Columbian civilization of Mesoamerica (c. 1200–400 bce) and one that is thought to have set many of the fundamental patterns evinced by later American Indian cultures of Mexico and Central America, notably the Maya and the Aztec.
Test your knowledge. Take the quiz. The chief OLMEC sites are San Lorenzo, La Venta, Laguna de los Cerros, and Tres Zapotes in what is now southern Mexico. Much of what is known about the OLMECs was inferred from archaeological excavations at those sites, which have uncovered large earthen pyramids and platforms and monumental stone carvings.
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OCLC 52523439. Coe, Michael D. (1968). America's First Civilization: Discovering the OLMEC. New York: The Smithsonian Library. Coe, Michael D.; Rex Koontz (2002). Mexico: from the OLMECs to the Aztecs (5th edition, revised and enlarged ed.). London and New York: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-28346-X. OCLC 50131575. Covarrubias, Miguel (1977) [1946].
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.