One of the most evocative pieces in the powerful Olmec exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington — and one most expressive of Olmec culture — is the statue of a priest holding a ...

The people of this mask are the Olmec, who ruled in what's now Mexico for around a thousand years, from 1400 to 400 BC. They've been called the mother culture - the 'cultura madre' - of Central ...

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Nichols, Deborah L. and Stoner, Wesley D. 2019. BEFORE TEOTIHUACAN—ALTICA, EXCHANGE, INTERACTIONS, AND THE ORIGINS OF COMPLEX SOCIETY IN THE NORTHEAST BASIN OF ...

Henderson, John S. Joyce, Rosemary A. Hall, Gretchen R. Hurst, W. Jeffrey and McGovern, Patrick E. 2007. Chemical and archaeological evidence for the earliest cacao ...

ALMAS (Alliance of Latinos Motivating Action in the Suburbs) is hosting “The Olmec Legacy: Art, Culture, and Influence” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, at Nichols Library, 200 Jefferson ...

CHICAGO (CBS)—Massive heads are turning heads in the western suburbs and they can be considered clues to a part of North American history that isn't widely discussed, but they're on display in ...

The people of this mask are the Olmec, who ruled in what's now Mexico for around a thousand years, from 1400 to 400 BC. They've been called the mother culture - the 'cultura madre' - of Central ...

Corn also became a symbol of status and importance across cultures. "We start to see, in the Olmec culture, that those who we presume are the leaders of the community have on their face ...

The oldest known rubber ball discovered in Mesoamerica dates to 1600 BCE, meaning the Olmec, a smaller civilization that overlapped with the Maya and is considered one of its predecessors ...