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The Olmecs, They lived in the tropical lowlands on the Gulf of Mexico in…
The Olmecs
The Olmec culture was defined and unifed by a especific artstyle and this continous to be the hallmark of the culture. Wrought in a large number of media—jade, clay, basalt, and greenstone, among others.
Olmec religious practices such as sacrifice, cave rituals, pilgrimages, offerings, ball games, pyramidal structures and a fascination with reflections were also elements that were taken up by later civilizations until the Spanish Conquest.
The olmec popultion declined sharply between 400 and 350 BCE, throught it is unclear why. Archaeologists speculate thate the population was caused by environment changes, specially riverine environment changes.
The men wore a loincloth and capes, shells and green stone, earrings, and bracelets. And the women wore a skirt tightened by a belt. They wore a kind of helmet, turban, complicated headdresses and masks.
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Olmecs reproduced the cultivation of corn, in addition to beans, squash, cocoa, among others.
The Olmec diet included a lot of fish, such as crappie and juile.
The olmec created massive monuments , including colossalstone heads, thrones, stela, and statues
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.
In addition to creating a sophisticated symbol system, the Olmec built the earliest planned ceremonial centers in Mesoamerica, San Lorenzo and La Venta, and constructed the first monumental architecture and large-scale stone sculpture.
The olmec were the first major civilization in Mexico. They lived in the tropical lowlands on the Gulf of Mexico.
Appering around 1600 BCE, the olmec were among the first mesoamerican complex societies, and their culture influence many later civilization, like the maya.
Mesoamerica, or Middle America, is a vast culture area that encompasses most of what is today central and southeastern Mexico, all of Guatemala and Belize, and the western areas of Honduras and El Salvador.
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The man wore a loincloth, and sometimes a kind of short skirt and a large cloak. The woman was dressed in a skirt and could expose her breasts
The Olmec civilization is commonly thought to be the “mother culture” of many other cultures that appeared in the region in later years.
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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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