Image OlmecheadMNAH.jpg right thumb Monument 6, San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan Image The Wrestler Olmec by DeLange.jpg right thumb The Wrestler sculpture The Wrestler , an Olmec era statuette, 1200 &ndash 800 BCE. Image Mexico.Tab.OlmecHead.01.jpg thumb right Monument 1, one of the four colossal Olmec heads at La Venta . This one is nearly convert 3 m ft tall. The Olmec were the first major civilization ... and Tabasco . The Olmec flourished during Mesoamerica s Mesoamerican chronology Formative period, dating roughly from as early as 1500 Common Era BCE to about 400 BCE. Pre Olmec cultures had flourished in the area since about 2500 BCE, but by 1600 1500 BCE Early Olmec culture had emerged .... ref See Pool, p. 2. Although there is wide agreement that the Olmec culture helped lay the foundations for the civilizations that followed, there is disagreement over the extent of the Olmec contributions, and even a proper definition of the Olmec culture . See Olmec influences on Mesoamerican cultures for a deeper treatment of this question. ref Among other firsts , the Olmec appeared to practice ..., particularly the aptly named colossal heads . ref See, as one example, Diehl, p. 11. ref The Olmec ... art market in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Olmec artworks are considered among ancient ... and archaeologist Miguel Covarrubias 1957 p. 50 says that Olmec pieces are among the world s masterpieces. ref Overview Image Olmec Heartland Overview 4.svg right thumb 350px The Olmec heartland where the Olmec reigned from 1400 400 BCE. The Olmec heartland is an archaeological term used to describe an area in the Gulf of Mexico Gulf lowlands that is generally considered the birthplace of the Olmec ... s Bay of Campeche . Here the Olmec constructed permanent city temple complexes at San Lorenzo Tenochtitl n ... a slightly earlier date of 1500 BCE p. 9 , but the same end date. Any dates for the start of the Olmec civilization or culture are problematic as its rise was a gradual process, most Olmec dates are based ... more details
Epi Olmec post Olmec may refer to Epi Olmec culture , pre Columbian archaeological culture area in the coastal Veracruz region of Mexico, ca. 300BCE&ndash 250CE Isthmian script , also known as Epi Olmec script, a Mesoamerican writing system Contrast with Olmec , earlier and distinct Mesoamerican archaeological culture and tradition, dating ca. 1200&ndash 400 BCE Olmeca Xicalanca , a Mesoamerican culture living in Mexico s Veracruz and Tabasco regions at the time of the 16thC Spanish conquest disambig ... more details
Image Olmec Heartland Overview 4.svg thumb 400px right The Olmec heartland. The yellow dots represent ancient habitation sites, while the red dots represent isolated artifact finds unassociated with any ancient town or village. Image The Wrestler Olmec by DeLange.jpg right 300px thumb The Wrestler sculpture The Wrestler , an Olmec era statuette, 1200 800 BCE. . Art historian George Kubler finds that the spiraling motion of the body, the multiplicity of profile, the coherent muscles, and the expressive estraint of the work set it apart as among the great works of sculpture of all ages . ref Kubler, p. 133. ref Michael Coe finds it one of the supreme examples of Olmec art . ref Coe 1989 p. 78. ref The Olmec heartland is the southern portion of Mexico s Gulf Coast of Mexico Gulf Coast region between the Tuxtla mountains and the Olmec archaeological site of La Venta , extending roughly 80 km 50 mi inland from the Gulf of Mexico coastline at its deepest. It is today, as it was during the height of the Olmec civilization, a tropical lowland forest environment, crossed by meandering rivers. Most researchers consider the Olmec heartland to be the home of the Olmec culture which became widespread over Mesoamerica from 1400 Common Era BCE until roughly 400 BCE. The area is also referred to as Olman or the Olmec Metropolitan Zone . ref See Diehl. ref The major heartland sites are San Lorenzo Tenochtitl n La Venta Tres Zapotes Laguna de los Cerros the least researched and least important of the major sites. Smaller sites include El Manat , an Olmec sacrificial bog. El Azuzul , on the southern edge of the San Lorenzo area. San Andr s Mesoamerican site San Andr s , near La Venta. Important ... also Olmec influences on Mesoamerican cultures References reflist aut Coe, Michael D. 1989 The Olmec ... on the Olmec , Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978 0521363327. aut Diehl, Richard A. 2004 The Olmecs ... title Category OlmecOlmec Heartland Category Geography of Mesoamerica es rea nuclear olmeca no Det ... more details
. The religion of the Olmec people significantly influenced the social development and mythological world view of Mesoamerica . Scholars have seen echoes of Olmec supernaturals in the subsequent ... Mesoamerican civilization, the Olmec, developed on present day Mexico s southern Gulf Coast in the centuries ... of La Venta lay abandoned. The Olmec culture is often considered a mother culture to later Mesoamerican cultures. There is no surviving direct account of the Olmec s religious beliefs, unlike ... Olmec beliefs, most prominently ref Pool, p. 98. ref Typological analysis of Olmec iconography ... extending from Olmec times through later Mesoamerican cultures to the present .... Rulers, priests, and shamans Olmec religious activities were performed by a combination of rulers ..., with their links to the Olmec deities or supernaturals providing legitimacy for their rule. ref Diehl ... evidence for shamans in the Olmec archaeological record, particularly in the so called Olmec figurine .... Note the flame eyebrows . Olmec supernaturals Specifics concerning Olmec religion are a matter of some .... ref Over time Joralemon s viewpoint has become the predominant exposition of the Olmec pantheon. The study of Olmec religion, however, is still in its infancy and any list of Olmec supernaturals or deities ... of both the Olmec Dragon and the Bird Monster, and the cleft head is seen on all five supernaturals ... show any sexual characteristics which would indicate gender. ref Miller & Taube, p. 126. ref Olmec Dragon God I Also known as the Earth Monster, the Olmec Dragon has flame eyebrows, a bulbous nose, and bifurcated tongue. ref Pool, p. 117. Joralemon 1996 , p. 54. ref When viewed from the front, the Olmec .... 54. ref With the Bird Monster, the Olmec Dragon is one of the most commonly depicted supernaturals ... s God I B. ref Miller & Taube, p. 126. ref Image Seated Olmec Jaguar from San Lorenzo ..., pp. 56 58. ref Interestingly enough, Joralemon states that the Olmec rain spirit is based on were ... more details
Taxobox name Atropoides olmec status LC status system iucn3.1 trend stable regnum Animalia phylum Chordata subphylum Vertebrata classis Reptilia ordo Squamata subordo Serpentes familia Viperidae subfamilia Crotalinae genus Atropoides species A. olmec binomial Atropoides olmec binomial authority P rez Higareda, H.M. Smith & Juli Zertuche, 1985 synonyms Porthidium olmec P rez Higareda, H.M. Smith & Juli Zertuche, 1985 A tropoides . olmec Werman, 1992 ref name McD99 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Tour T. 1999. Snake Species of the World A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists League. 511 pp. ISBN 1 893777 00 6 series . ISBN 1 893777 01 4 volume . ref Common names Tuxtlan jumping pitviper, ref name C&L04 Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0 8014 4141 2. ref Olmecan pitviper ref name VRO Sierra. 2003. Venomous Species of the World. http www.venomousreptiles.org libraries download 3722 Species 20list.pdf PDF at http www.venomousreptiles.org Venomousreptiles.org . Accessed 9 November 2007. ref Atropoides olmec is a venomous snake venomous Crotalinae pitviper species found in Mexico . No subspecies are currently recognized. ref name ITIS ITIS id 585758 taxon Atropoides olmec accessdate 14 September 2007 ref Description Extremely stout, females are known to reach a maximum of 77.0 cm in length, males 61.8 cm. ref name C&L04 Geographic range Found at elevations of 800 1,500 m in Mexico on the upper slopes of the Sierra de Los Tuxtlas in southern Veracruz . Also found in eastern Oaxaca , and from northwestern Chiapas to Guatemala . ref ..., 2001 . ref name ICUN Redlist species no 64301 genus Atropoides species olmec date 14 September ... Atropoides species olmec date 14 September year 2007 Category Crotalinae Category Reptiles of Mexico Category Reptiles of Guatemala fr Atropoides olmec zh ... more details
Image Small Olmec Figurines Met .jpg thumb right 350px A selection of tiny naturalistic Olmec ceramic .... Image Las Bocas Olmec baby face figurine Bookgrrrl .jpg right thumb 250px An archetypical baby face figurine from Las Bocas . small Aimee W. small This article on the Olmec figurine describes a number ... by the people of the Olmec heartland , they bear the hallmarks and motifs of Olmec culture. These figurines are usually found in household refuse, in ancient construction fill, and outside the Olmec heartland in graves, although many Olmec style figurines, particularly those labelled as Las Bocas ... and stones. Baby face figurines The wikt babyface baby face figurine is a unique marker of Olmec culture, consistently found in sites that show Olmec influence, ref Scott, p. 268. ref although they seem to be confined to the early Olmec period and are absent, for example, in La Venta. ref Coe 1989 ... not dissimilar to those worn by the Olmec colossal heads. ref Pohorilenko, p. 121 . ref Baby face ... of Gulf of Mexico Gulf Coast Olmec artifacts. Group 2 figurines are also slimmer than those of Group ... fulfilled some special role in the Olmec culture. What they represented, however, is not known. Michael Coe , says One of the great enigmas in Olmec iconography is the nature and meaning of the large, hollow, whiteware babies . ref Coe 1989 , p. 77. ref Image Olmec figurine, serpentine.jpg 150px left ... has been found in the Olmec heartland , however. The ears often have small holes for ear flares or other .... For another example, see Image Olmec jade man.jpg this Commons photo . Offering 4 at La Venta ..., facing the others. All of the figurines had similar classic Olmec features including bald elongated .... Image Olmec Seated Were Jaguar AMNH.jpg thumb right thumb A small jade were jaguar figurine. Stand ... by a human adult. Height 8.6 cm 3.4 in . Were jaguar motif The so called Olmec were jaguar were jaguar motif runs through much of Olmec art, from the smallest jade to the some of the largest basalt ... more details
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Image Epi Olmec cultural area.svg 400px right thumb Important Epi Olmec sites The Epi Olmec culture was a cultural ... period , from roughly 300 BCE to roughly 250 CE. ref Diehl, p. 181. ref Epi Olmec was a successor culture to the Olmec , hence the prefix epi or post . Although Epi Olmec did not attain the far reaching ... the largest Epi Olmec centers though neither would reach the size and importance of the great Olmec cities before them nor El Taj n after them. Other Epi Olmec sites of note include ngel R. Cabada El ... as Harvester Mountain Lord The rise of the Epi Olmec culture on the western edge of the Olmec heartland coincides with the depopulation of the eastern half of the Olmec heartland and the decline of the Olmec culture in general. The Epi Olmec culture represented a gradual transformation of, rather than a sharp break with, the Olmec culture. Many Olmec motif art motif s, for example, were employed by its successor culture. Tres Zapotes , one of the largest Olmec sites, continued as a regional center under the Epi Olmec culture. And daily life for the non elites continued much the same subsistence .... ref In contrast to earlier Olmec art, Epi Olmec art displays a general loss of detail and quality ... at Tres Zapotes, the Epi Olmec hierarchy is assumed to have been less centralized than its Olmec ... organization Epi Olmec sculpture Script and calendrics While the depiction of what appear to be historical events can be seen in La Venta Stela 3 Uncle Sam and Monument 13 The Ambassador , Olmec ... colossal heads. In contrast, Epi Olmec monuments show an dramatic increasing concern with historicity ... transcriptions were made possible by the Epi Olmec culture s very early use of the Mesoamerican Long ... system , the Epi Olmec script Epi Olmec or Isthmian script . The Isthmian script appears on several Epi Olmec sculptures including La Mojarra Stela 1 , the Tuxtla Statuette , and Tres Zapotes Stela C Tres Zapotes Stela C , each of which also contains a very early Long Count date. These Epi Olmec texts ... more details
Image Olmec Heartland Overview 4.svg thumb 400px right The major centers of the Olmec heartland in yellow ... of Olmec influences on Mesoamerican cultures has been a subject of debate over many decades. Although the Olmec s are considered to be perhaps the earliest Mesoamerica n civilization , ref For example, see Diehl, The Olmecs America s First Civilization or Lovgren the Olmec are generally regarded ... much the Olmecs influenced culture s outside the Olmec heartland . This debate is succinctly, if simplistically ...? . ref Wilford. ref Olmec heartland Nearly all researchers agree on a number of specific issues concerning the Olmec and the Olmec Heartland The forebears of the Olmecs were Indigenous peoples indigenous to the Olmec heartland , ref Although nearly all researchers believe that the forebears of the Olmecs were indigenous to the Olmec heartland , noted researchers such as Guadalupe Martinez Donjuan ... of Guerrero to settle the Olmec heartland. see Martinez Donjuan 2000 ref and developed their civilization independent of other civilizations. The Olmec civilization arose in the Olmec heartland with the flowering ... hundred kilometers miles from the Olmec heartland, this bowl shows Olmec influences, particularly in the downturned mouth and almond eye of the so called Banded eye God. While some of the hallmarks of Olmec culture, such as Olmec Colossal heads colossal heads or other sculptures, earthen platforms, and monolith ic altars , are to be found only within the heartland, many Olmec style artifacts, designs ... hollow Olmec figurine Baby face motif baby face motif figurines and Olmec designs on ceramics. Chalcatzingo , in the Valley of Morelos , which features Olmec style reliefs on monuments and exposed rock. Teopantecuanitlan , in Guerrero , which also features Olmec style reliefs as well as city plans with distinctive Olmec features. San Jos Mogote , in Oaxaca , which features Olmec style pottery. San Jose Mogote is, like the larger Olmec site of La Venta , oriented 8 west of north. Other sites ... more details
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Image 20041229 Olmec Head Museo Nacional de Antropolog a .jpg right 300px thumb San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan Colossal Head 6, a 3 meter high Olmec sculpture with lips and nose said to resemble African facial features. Olmec alternative origin speculations are explanations that have been suggested for the formation of Olmec civilization which contradict generally accepted scholarly consensus. These origin ... somewhat well known within popular culture , particularly the idea of an African connection to the Olmec ... and other pre Columbian research is that the Olmec and their achievements arose from ... the Olmec were related to peoples of Africa based primarily on their interpretation of facial features of Olmec statues. They additionally contend that epigraphical, genetic, and osteological evidence ... & Sons 1922 p. 271. ref and others claim that various Olmec and Epi Olmec script Epi Olmec symbols ... script, researchers have yet to translate Olmec glyphs. Genetic evidence Genetic and immunological ... de las Mesas . Tlatilco is a site in the Valley of Mexico . Although outside the Olmec heartland , Olmec influences appear in the architectural record. The crania were from the Pre Classic period, contemporary with the Olmec. Cerro de las Mesa is within the Olmec heartland, although according to Wiercinski ... period is generally defined to start around AD 250, or 600 years after the end of the Olmec culture ... Stela 3 see Olmec alternative origin speculations Olmecs as Nordics Olmecs as Nordics is a representative ... of his paper, Wiercinski compared the physiognomy of the skeletons to corresponding examples of Olmec sculptures and bas reliefs on the stela s. For example, Wiercinski states that the colossal Olmec .... ref http www.icb.ufmg.br lbem pdf gonzalez2008ajpa americapeopling.pdf ref Image Olmec mask at Met.jpg thumb right 250px thumb A jade Olmec mask. Gordon Ekholm, who was an eminent archaeologist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History , suggested that the Olmec art style might have ... more details
Summary Non free use rationale Description Screenshot from Blood Feud The Simpsons Blood Feud . Source This is a screenshot from the episode of The Simpsons Blood Feud The Simpsons Blood Feud from Season 2 DVD. Copyright Gracie Films and 20th century Fox television, 2002. Article Bart Gets an F Portion Screenshot from episode Low resolution Yes Purpose Fair Use rationale for Blood Feud The Simpsons Blood Feud It is believed that this image is subject to fair use in the article Blood Feud The Simpsons Blood Feud because This image illustrates the text next to which it appears, which describes the scene portrayed. It is of much lower resolution than the original copies made from it will be of very inferior quality . It does not limit the copyright owner s rights to market or sell the work in any way. The image is being used in an informative way and should not detract from the original work. No free or public domain images have been located for this item. Replaceability Could be replaced by alternate screenshot from same episode. other information Licensing Non free television screenshot Category The Simpsons screenshots ... more details
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Summary Orange on white pottery from Etlatongo. In an effort to address questions concerning the geographic origin of Olmec style artifacts with implications concerning the geographic origins of Olmec culture in March 2005 a team of archaeologists used INAA instrumental neutron activation analysis to compare over 1000 ancient Mesoamerican Olmec style ceramic artifacts with 275 samples of clay so as to fingerprint the origin of that pottery. References Rose, Mark 2005 http www.archaeology.org online features olmec index.html Olmec People, Olmec Art , in Archaeology online , the Archaeological Institute of America, accessed February 2007. Licensing Non free fair use in Etlatongo Olmec influences on Mesoamerican cultures Although this photo under copyright by Jeffrey Blomster, inclusion here qualifies for Fair Use under US Copyright law because It is used for a non commercial and educational purpose. It is not possible to obtain a free copy because this pottery is not on display or otherwise accessible to the public. It is a photo of one of the roughly 1000 pottery pieces studied. Thus it accurately represents the study, but only 0.1 of the study. It should not affect the commercial viability of the copyright, which is negligible. ... more details
Image The Wrestler Olmec by DeLange.jpg right 300px thumb The Wrestler is an Olmec basalt statuette, likely ... sculptures of the Olmec culture. The near life size figure has been praised not only for its realism ..., also known formally as Antonio Plaza Monument 1 as well as El Luchador Olmeca Spanish, the Olmec ... unusual for Olmec art, the shoulders are not situated directly above the hips, but twisted slightly ... the highly stylized Artificial cranial deformation cranial deformation found in many Olmec figurines ... in Olmec sculpture which appear on only a few relief s such as Image La Venta Stela 3 detail.png ... free flowing than other three dimensional Olmec sculptures than, for example, San Martin Pajapan .... ref Miller, p. 23. See also Honour, p. 110, who says that Other surviving Olmec sculptures are entirely different, rigidly frontal and rigorously symmetrical . ref Subject and dating Image Olmec ... halfway between the major Olmec centers of San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan and La Venta , in the middle of the Olmec heartland . Despite its name, it is unlikely that the figure represents a wrestler and it is thought ... recent works such as Miller or Diehl, although Karl Taube finds the argument reasonable Olmec ... , ref name Miller, p. 23 others consign it to a period closer to 400 BCE, near the end of the Olmec culture. This dating is based largely on its dissimilarities to earlier formalistic Olmec sculptures ... that the art reflects a transition to a post Olmec style. ref Michael Coe simply assigns it to the period ... for much of the known Olmec art ref Except where noted, this section is based on Milbrath, p. 17. ref ... seated Olmec figures almost invariably have a broad base, this figure s base is narrow in proportion to its torso. The rotation of the upper body is unique in surviving Olmec sculptures, as is its ... of Olmec artifacts, Williams and Heizer found that the basalt is distinctive and . . . no other monument ... posture, recent publication of scholarly material on Olmec jades, and an urgent interest among ... more details
Photo of this bowl will be used in Tlapacoya Mesoamerican site Tlapacoya archaeology article to illustrate the general style of artifacts from the Pre classic period. This photo was copied from the Indiana University Art Museum website http www.iub.edu iuam online modules wielgus middle america middle america72.html . Photo is Indiana University Art Museum 2002 and is used under the Fair Use provision of US Copyright law. Non free fair use in Tlapacoya archaeology Tlatilco culture Olmec influences on Mesoamerican cultures Olmec religion ... more details
Summary A self caricature of Miguel Covarrubias as an Olmec . This qualifies for Fair Use because A free use version of this is not available. This low resolution version should not affect the market for this drawing if there is one . That it uniquely illustrates a number of aspects Miguel Covarrubias himself. Miguel Covarrubias s ability as a caricaturist. Elements of Olmec iconography as translated by an artist archaeologist. This is used for an educational and not for profit project. Licensing Non free fair use in Miguel Covarrubias ... more details
Image Olmec Heartland Overview 4.svg right thumb 350px The Olmec heartland . Tres Zapotes is a Mesoamerican ... River plain. Tres Zapotes is sometimes referred to as the third major Olmec capital after San Lorenzo Tenochtitl n and La Venta , although Tres Zapotes Olmec phase constitutes only a portion of the site s history, ref Stirling, p. 5. ref which continued through the Epi Olmec culture Epi Olmec and Classic Veracruz culture Classic Veracruz cultural periods. The 2000 year existence of Tres ... Epi Olmec period, 300 Common Era BCE to 250 CE. History Olmec Founded some time in the centuries ... Olmec Colossal heads colossal heads date from this period. ref Pool, p. 152. ref It was near ... Pool, p. 250 And, unlike the Olmec site of La Venta, Tres Zapotes was not abandoned at the close of the Middle Formative period, circa ca. 400 BCE, nor was it immediately affected by the folding of the Olmec culture in the eastern Olmec heartland . However, during the next several hundred years, the Olmec culture at Tres Zapotes and on the western edge of the Olmec heartland would be gradually transformed into what has come to be called the Epi Olmec culture Epi Olmec or post Olmec culture . Epi Olmec Most of the monumental sculpture at Tres Zapotes is epi Olmec, dating from the Late Formative ... show, as do Tres Zapotes ceramics, a continuity with and yet a gradual change away from Olmec ... Charles .jpg Altar 4 but while the Olmec altar refers to a mythical event, Stela D s content is historical ... to suggest that Izapa heavily influenced Tres Zapotes Epi Olmec artistic conventions, or even that Tres Zapotes Epi Olmec styles developed from the Izapan style. ref See Coe 1965 , p. 769 and 773, who also conversely suggests that possibility that the Izapan style developed from Epi Olmec. ref However, recent scholarship instead highlights their descent from a common ancestor, the Olmec culture ... similarities with earlier Olmec sculptures, though, Tres Zapotes Epi Olmec sculpture appears to lack ... more details
period , a cache of some 800 jade items, some dating from Olmec civilization hundreds of years earlier ... script Epi Olmec or Isthmian script . ref Kaufman & Justeson, p. 2. ref Notes reflist References ..., John S., and Kaufman, Terrence 2001 http www.albany.edu anthro maldp EOTEXTS.pdf Epi Olmec Hieroglyphic Writing and Texts . Pool, Christopher 2007 Olmec Archaeology and Early Mesoamerica , Cambridge ..., Benson Atlas of Ancient America Facts on File. DEFAULTSORT Cerro De Las Mesas Category Epi Olmec ... more details
other uses Las Bocas, Sonora Image Las Bocas Olmec baby face figurine Bookgrrrl .jpg 150px right thumb An archetypical Olmec figurine Baby face figurines baby face figurine from Las Bocas. br Aimee W, used with permission. Image Olmec style bottle 1.jpg thumb right 150px An Olmec style bottle, reputedly from Las Bocas, 1100 800 BCE. Las Bocas is a minor archaeological site in the Mexican state of Puebla , whose name has become attached, often erroneously, to a wide ranging type of Olmec style figurines and pottery. The Las Bocas site, part of the Balsas River basin, was heavily plundered in the 1960s by looters looking for Olmec pottery and figurines. As the prestige associated with Las Bocas artifacts grew, that label was given to many similar artifacts and occasional forgeries of unknown origin. ref Grove. ref The high numbers of artifacts attributed to the site are implausible at best , ref Pool, p. 210, who states that the plunder of Las Bocas is one of the most egregrious examples of looting in the annals of Mesoamerica n archaeology. ref and as a result, the term Las Bocas has now little archaeological significance. The first systematic archaeological investigation of Las Bocas was begun by David Grove in 1967. In 1997, the archaeologist Maria de la Cruz Paill s Hern ndez started the first of her three seasons at the site. Notes reflist References Grove, David C. 2000 Bocas, Las Puebla, Mexico , in Archaeology of Ancient Mexico & Central America an Encyclopedia Routledge, London. Paill s Hern ndez, Maria de la Cruz http www.famsi.org reports 99041 index.html Las Bocas, Puebla, Archaeological Project , http www.famsi.org Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. , accessed March 2007. Pool, Christopher 2007 Olmec Archaeology and Early Mesoamerica , Cambridge University Press. External links http www.famsi.org reports 99041 section15.htm Photos from ... of Ancient America Facts on File. Category Olmec sites Mesoamerica stub archaeology stub es Las ... more details
1 is a greenstone archaeology greenstone figure of a youth holding a limp Olmec were jaguar were jaguar baby. Found in the Political divisions of Mexico Mexican state of Veracruz in the Olmec heartland , the statue is famous for its incised representations of Olmec supernaturals and is considered by some a Rosetta stone of Olmec religion. ref Diehl, p. 101. ref The largest known Greenstone archaeology ... babies appear often in the Olmec archaeological record, from Image Olmec Figurine holding infant Met ... as the Olmec Dragon. The X like symbol here covering the eye is also seen on the were jaguar baby s chest. It is a common Olmec motif. Image Las Limas left shoulder.svg right 150px thumb Figure ... are a common Olmec motif. Image Las Limas left leg.svg right 150px thumb Figure from left leg, generally identified as the Fish or Shark Monster br br Incisions see Olmec religion The faces of four ... supernaturals show several common Olmec motifs, in particular the cleft head. Las Limas Hypothesis Monument 1 s iconography has led noted Olmec scholar Michael D. Coe to develop the Las Limas Hypothesis ... of the Olmec pantheon gods pantheon . ref Coe 1968 . ref Coe s student, Peter Joralemon, added three more deities to the five in his widely cited 1971 paper on Olmec iconography. ref Joralemon 1971 ... de Antropolog a de Xalapa, in Veracruz. clear Image Olmec Heartland Overview 4.svg thumb 400px right Las Limas, in relation to the other Olmec heartland sites. The yellow dots represent ancient ... Coe, Michael D. 1968 Discovering the Olmec , American Heritage. The Antiquities Market , in Journal ..., N mero 10 Enero Febrero 1997. es icon aut Joralemon, Peter David 1996 In Search of the Olmec ... eds. , Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico . Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art 51 60. ISBN 0 89468 ... 2007 Olmec Archaeology and Early Mesoamerica , Cambridge University Press, UK. aut Reilly, F. Kent 1995 http www.famsi.org reports 94031 index.html Olmec style Iconography , http www.famsi.org ... more details
Image Formative Era sites.svg thumb right 350px Zazacatla, nearby Formative Era sites, and the Olmec heartland. Zazacatla is a pre Columbian archaeological site of Mesoamerica s central Mexican plateau region, dating to the mid Formative period of Mesoamerican chronology . The site was first excavated in 2006 underneath a modern commercial and housing development site, some 13 km 8.1mi south of Cuernavaca , capital of the Mexico Mexican state of Morelos , and 40 km 25mi south of Mexico City . Initial investigations by archaeologists from Mexico s National Institute of Anthropology and History INAH reported finding evidence of Olmec cultural influences at the site, the first such known for the western Morelos region. ref Lovgren 2007 , p.2. ref Site description A fraction of Zazacatla s ceremonial center has been investigated, amounting to some 9,000 m approx. 2.2 acre s of excavations ... Era BCE , making it roughly contemporary with the Olmec center of La Venta , 400 km 250 mi to the east. Several sculptures of what appear to be Olmec style priests have been uncovered. These sculptures, as well as Olmec style architecture, have led to speculation on the role that Olmec culture ... Olmec styles when they changed from a simpler egalitarian society to a more complex hierarchical ... investigations had further developed. ref Garc a 2007 . ref Notes reflist See also Olmec influences ... cite news author aut Lovgren, Stefan date 2007 01 26 title Ancient City Found in Mexico Shows Olmec ... de Lara, Jorge year 2007 title Olmec Discovery at Zazacatla url http www.mesoweb.com reports Zazacatla.html ... Stevenson, Mark date 2007 01 25 title Olmec influenced city found in Mexico url http www.msnbc.msn.com ... Olmec Style Effigies from Zazacatla , photographs by Jorge P rez de Lara, reproduced at Mesoweb http www.flickr.com photo zoom.gne?id 377296285&size o Photo of the Olmec style sculptures note the downturned ... sites Category Olmec sites Category Former populated places in Mexico Category Article Feedback 5 ... more details
Caterina Magni born 1966 is an Italian born French archaeologist and anthropologist , who specialises in the study of pre Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica , and in particular the iconography, art and Olmec mythology mythology and religion of the Olmec civilization. From 2001 Magni has held a Ma tre de conf rences position in Mesoamerican archaeology at the University of Paris IV Paris Sorbonne , Paris . Magni has authored a number of articles on Olmec figurine Olmec iconography for scientific journals, and two books. She is a member of the Soci t Arch ologique du Midi de la France SAMF . Published works Published works by Magni include authored books&mdash cite book author Magni, Caterina year 1999 title Arch ologie du Mexique les Olm ques location Paris publisher ditions Artcom isbn 2 912741 24 6 oclc 43630189 fr icon cite book author Magni, Caterina year 2003 title Les Olm ques des origines au mythe location Paris publisher ditions du Seuil isbn 2 02 054991 3 oclc 52385926 fr icon External links http www.etudiants.paris4.sorbonne.fr fr article.php3?id article 2909 Curriculum vitae MAGNI, Caterina at Paris Sorbonne Paris IV fr icon http www.clio.fr espace culturel caterina magni.asp Caterina Magni portrait , Clio fr icon Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Magni, Caterina ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1966 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Magni, Caterina Category 1966 births Category Living people Category French Mesoamericanists Category Italian Mesoamericanists Category Olmec scholars Category French archaeologists Category French anthropologists Category Women anthropologists Category University of Paris faculty Category 20th century Mesoamericanists Category 21st century Mesoamericanists mesoamerica stub fr Caterina Magni ... more details
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