VIDEOS
The
Olmec Faces are Black African? Debunked! (11:40 min.)
Los
Olmecas, parte 1 (20:04 min.)
Los
Olmecas, parte 2 (20 min.)
Digging
for the Truth: The Olmecs [Hunter Ellis, Hostory Channel, 2007] (43:09
min.)
Los
Olmecas: Reyes de la Edad de Piedra [History Channel, 2007] (44:50
min.)
Secrets
Of the Ancients: The Olmecs [BBC Documentary, 1999] (48:19 min.)
Colossal
Olmecs [Dr. Sara Ladron, City College of San Francisco, 2009] (52:49
min.)
ARTICLES
Asking
New Questions About the Mesoamerican Pre-Classic
From
Olmec to Epi-Olmec at Tres Zapotes, Veracruz, Mexico
Congenital
Deformities and the Olmec Were-Jaguar Motif (1981)
Mystery
of the Olmec (Time, July 1, 1996)
Olmec
Civilization, Veracruz, Mexico: Dating of the San Lorenzo Phase (1967)
Olmec
Settlement Data from La Venta, Tabasco, Mexico (1988)
The
Prehistory of the Southeastern Maya Periphery (1974)
Public
Monuments and Sacred Mountains
Pottery
Presented as Evidence Of Olmec Culture's Influence (The Washington
Post, Feb. 18, 2005)
So-Called
Jaguar-Human Copulation Scenes in Olmec Art
In
an Ancient Mexican Tomb, High Society (N.Y. Times, May 17, 2010)
Grove, David C. Chalcatzingo,
Morelos, Mexico: A Reappraisal of the Olmec Rock Carvings, American
Antiquity, Oct. 1968
Meggers, Betty J. and Clifford Evans.
Speculations
on Early Pottery Diffusion Routes Between South and Middle America.
Biotropica,
June 1969.
CALENDAR
Olmec
calendar
WRITING
New
Evidence of Early Form of Writing in Mexico (N.Y. Times, Dec.
6, 2002)
Roots
traced back to glyphs of Mexico’s Olmec civilization (MSNBC, Dec. 5,
2002)
Writing
on Stone May Be Oldest in the Americas (N.Y. Times, Sept. 14,
2006)
SITES:
MEXICO
Chalcatzingo,
Morelos
La
Venta Archaeological Site, Tabasco
La
Venta Museum, Tabasco
La
Venta Park, Villahermosa, Tabasco
Museo
Regional Carlos Pellicer Camara, Villahermosa
Angel
R. Cabada Municipality, Veracruz
Museo
Regional Tuxteco, Santiago Tuxtla, Veracruz
Oxtotitlan
Cave, Guerrero
Potrero
Nuevo, Veracruz
San
Lorenzo Tenochtitlan, Veracruz
Tres
Zapotes, Veracruz
Tuxtla
Mountains, Veracruz
Xalapa
Anthropology Museum, Veracruz
National
Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
TAKALIK ABAJ, GUATEMALA
Monument
23 (Similar
to La Venta Altar 5)
MONTE ALTO, GUATEMALA
Structure
3 pot-belly figure
CHALCHUAPA, EL SALVADOR
Tazumal
Museum
ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Matthew
Stirling
ARTIFACTS
Bottles
EFFIGY
VESSELS
Contorted
Figures and Vessels
Bird
Effigy Vessels
Fish
Effigy Vessels
Human
Organ Effigies and Vessels
FIGURES
Kneeling
Bearded Figures
Reclining
Figures
Seated
Figures
Standing
Figures
JEWELRY
Ornaments
Pectorals
Pendants
MASKS
Oaxaca
Werejaguar Maskette
Maskettes
Mini
Masks
Objects
of Everyday Use
Perforators
Plaques
Portraits
Spoons
Tecomates
BALL GAME
Ballplayers
Yokes
ROYALTY
Enthroned
and Seated Figures
Standing
Figures
Symbols
of Royalty
RELIGION
Celts
Dwarfs
Hunchbacks
Jaguars
Objects
of Ritual Use
Olmec
Dragon
Olmec
Dragon Bottles
Olmec
Dragon Bowls
Olmec
Dragon Tecomates
Shamans
Transformation
figures
INSTRUMENTS
OF THE SHAMAN
Mirrors
Spirit
Companions
Pulidores
Werejaguars
(Supernaturals)
Werejaguar
Axes
Werejaguar
Bowls
Werejaguar
Masks
Werejaguar
Maskettes
Werejaguar
Standing Figures
Werejaguar
Ornaments
Werejaguar
Pendants
Werejaguar
Plaques
Winged
Figures
LINKS
Olmec
Civilization
The
Olmec
The
Pre-Classic or Formative Period (1500 BC-300 AD)
