Directory of Olmec Resources

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The most ancient of the indigenous cultures of Mexico, playing an important role in Mesoamerican Archeology Olmec is a culture of ancient peoples (1300-400 B.C.) of the E Mexico lowlands. A highly developed agricultural society, they left sculptured stone heads weighing over 20 tons. Earthen platforms and pyramidal mounds were common features of their major settlements. The Olmec are often regarded as the mother culture of later Middle American civilizations. The epi-Olmec, the peoples who subsequently inhabited the same lands and were probably descended at least in part from the Olmec, seem to have been the earliest users (from 31 B.C.) of the bar and dot system of recording time. Both the Olmec and epi-Olmec had hieroglyphic writing systems. Source: http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/09541.html

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• Epigraphy
• History

Resources in This Category

• Olmec Civilization

  http://www.crystalinks.com/olmec.html
  Extended description of the Olmec, their art and monuments, their history, religion, and culture.

• The Olmec

  http://www.mesoweb.com/olmec/
  Essay overviewing the Olmec, with a map, pictures, and links.

• Wikipedia- Olmec

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmec
  Encyclopedic entry for the ancient Pre-Columbian people living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico.

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