Discovering the Olmecs
Title | Discovering the Olmecs PDF eBook |
Author | David C. Grove |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2014-11-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0292760817 |
The Olmecs are renowned for their massive carved stone heads and other sculptures, the first stone monuments produced in Mesoamerica. Seven decades of archaeological research have given us many insights into the lives of the Olmecs, who inhabited parts of the modern Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco from around 1150 to 400 BC. Beginning with the first modern explorations in the 1920s, the story of how generations of archaeologists and local residents have uncovered the Olmec past and pieced together a portrait of an ancient civilization that left no written records unfolds. From stories of fortuitous discoveries and frustrating disappoints, helpful collaborations and deceitful shenanigans emerges the unconventional history of Olmec archeology.
America's First Civilization
Title | America's First Civilization PDF eBook |
Author | Michael D. Coe |
Publisher | New Word City |
Pages | 103 |
Release | 2017-02-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1640190007 |
Here is the story of America's oldest - and oddest - civilization, the Olmecs of the southern Mexican jungles. Virtually unknown to archaeologists until the early twentieth century, their true importance is only now being realized and shedding new light on how the Indian peoples of the Americas came to be here.
Olmec Archaeology and Early Mesoamerica
Title | Olmec Archaeology and Early Mesoamerica PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Pool |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 2007-02-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521783127 |
Olmec Archaeology and Early Mesoamerica offers the most thorough and up-to-date book-length treatment of Olmec society and culture available.
The Mystery of the Olmecs
Title | The Mystery of the Olmecs PDF eBook |
Author | David Hatcher Childress |
Publisher | SCB Distributors |
Pages | 279 |
Release | 2011-03-09 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 1935487477 |
Lost Cities author Childress takes us deep into Mexico and Central America in search of the mysterious Olmecs, North America’s early, advanced civilization. The Olmecs, now sometimes called Proto-Mayans, were not acknowledged to have existed as a civilization until an international archeological meeting in Mexico City in 1942. Now, the Olmecs are slowly being recognized as the Mother Culture of Mesoamerica, having invented writing, the ball game and the “Mayan” Calendar. But who were the Olmecs? Where did they come from? What happened to them? How sophisticated was their culture? How far back in time did it go? Why are many Olmec statues and figurines seemingly of foreign peoples such as Africans, Europeans and Chinese? Is there a link with Atlantis? In this heavily illustrated book, join Childress in search of the lost cities of the Olmecs! Chapters include: The Mystery of the Origin of the Olmecs; The Mystery of the Olmec Destruction; The Mystery of Quizuo; The Mystery of Transoceanic Trade; The Mystery of Cranial Deformation; The Mystery of Olmec Writing; more. Heavily illustrated, includes a color photo section.
Americas first civilization; discovering the Olmec
Title | Americas first civilization; discovering the Olmec PDF eBook |
Author | Michael D. Coe |
Publisher | |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 1960 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Mexico
Title | Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Michael D. Coe |
Publisher | |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Masterly....The complexities of Mexico's ancient cultures are perceptively presented and interpreted.--Library Journal
The Olmecs
Title | The Olmecs PDF eBook |
Author | Hourly History |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2019-06-17 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781074506520 |
The OlmecsMany ancient civilizations are described as mysterious, but none provide as many puzzles and unanswered questions as the Olmecs. These people arrived in lands near the Gulf of Mexico around 1500 BCE, and they brought with them entirely new concepts in terms of engineering, agriculture, and religion. The problem is, we have no idea where they came from or how they developed these new ideas. Then, around 400 BCE, the Olmecs vanished as suddenly and inexplicably as they appeared, leaving behind no written records but providing a legacy of beliefs and ideas which permeated virtually every Mesoamerican culture which followed.Inside you will read about...✓ Origins✓ The Olmec Enigma✓ The Fall of San Lorenzo✓ Were-Jaguars and Feathered Serpents✓ The Rise of La Venta✓ The Disappearance of the OlmecsAnd much more!Respected scholars take very different views on the Olmec civilization. Some feel that the Olmecs must have come to Central America from somewhere else entirely, while others are adamant that they are indigenous people. Some historians believe that the Olmecs were simply one of several cultures which emerged at around the same time, while others are vehement that this is the mother culture from which all subsequent Mesoamerican cultures descended. Less than one hundred years ago, there wasn't even agreement on whether these people had existed at all.There are very few cultures as important as the Olmecs about which we know so little. This book attempts to convey the story of the mysterious Olmecs and their unique and fascinating artifacts.