olmecs

     

The Olmec were an ancient Pre-Columbian people living in the tropical lowlans of south-central Mexico, roughly in what are the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Their cultural influence, however, extends far beyond this region. The Olmec flourished during the Formative (or Preclassic) period, dating from 1200 BCE to about 400 BCE, and are believed to have been the progenitor civilization of later Mesoamerican civilizations.

Trivia about olmecs

  • The 1930s find of huge stone heads brought to light this Mesoamerican people, not to be confused with the Toltecs
  • These Mexican Gulf Coast Indians were famous for carving giant heads from basalt
  • (Jeff Probst reports from Guatemala.) With a name meaning "rubber people", this first great Mexican tribe used stone in architecture & influenced the Mayans greatly
  • The name of this Central American people who predated the Mayans means "The Rubber People"
  • This Indian civilization, likely the earliest in the Americas, flourished in eastern Mexico 1200-400 B.C.
  • One of the earliest, this Mesoamerican people's civilization flourished around 1200 B.C.
  • In the 12th century B.C. these people of Mexico were carving out colossal heads like the one seen here
  • The earliest known Indian civilization in the Americas, they lived in what is now Mexico over 3,000 years ago

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