The Olmec World

The Olmec World

Author: Ignacio Bernal

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-11-10

Total Pages: 475

ISBN-13: 0520331850

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Farming, Hunting, and Fishing in the Olmec World

Farming, Hunting, and Fishing in the Olmec World

Author: Amber M. VanDerwarker

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0292773781

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The Olmec who anciently inhabited Mexico's southern Gulf Coast organized their once-egalitarian society into chiefdoms during the Formative period (1400 BC to AD 300). This increase in political complexity coincided with the development of village agriculture, which has led scholars to theorize that agricultural surpluses gave aspiring Olmec leaders control over vital resources and thus a power base on which to build authority and exact tribute. In this book, Amber VanDerwarker conducts the first multidisciplinary analysis of subsistence patterns at two Olmec settlements to offer a fuller understanding of how the development of political complexity was tied to both agricultural practices and environmental factors. She uses plant and animal remains, as well as isotopic data, to trace the intensification of maize agriculture during the Late Formative period. She also examines how volcanic eruptions in the region affected subsistence practices and settlement patterns. Through these multiple sets of data, VanDerwarker presents convincing evidence that Olmec and epi-Olmec lifeways of farming, hunting, and fishing were driven by both political and environmental pressures and that the rise of institutionalized leadership must be understood within the ecological context in which it occurred.


Olmec Archaeology and Early Mesoamerica

Olmec Archaeology and Early Mesoamerica

Author: Christopher Pool

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-02-26

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 0521783127

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Olmec Archaeology and Early Mesoamerica offers the most thorough and up-to-date book-length treatment of Olmec society and culture available.


Olmec World

Olmec World

Author: Michael Coe

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Published: 1996-03-30

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9780810963115

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Between 1400 and 400 BC, in what is now Mexico and Central America, the Olmec people created a magnificent culture, one too often overshadowed by those of the Maya and the Aztec. This catalogue accompanies an exhibition of over 250 Olmec works of art - ceramic, jade and stone - on display at the Art Museum, Princeton University in December 1995, and travelling to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.


America's First Civilization

America's First Civilization

Author: Michael D. Coe

Publisher: New Word City

Published: 2017-02-07

Total Pages: 103

ISBN-13: 1640190007

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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.


The Olmec

The Olmec

Author: Román Piña Chan

Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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A survey of the Olmec culture and people which flourished in Mesoamerica's Formative, or Preclassical, period--from 2,000 B.C. to A.D. 100.


Discovering the Olmecs

Discovering the Olmecs

Author: David C. Grove

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2014-11-01

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 0292768303

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An “eminently readable account” of this ancient Mesoamerican civilization—and the experiences of the archaeologists who have unearthed its history (Choice). 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 lifeways of the Olmecs, who inhabited parts of the modern Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco from around 1150 to 400 BC, and there are several good books that summarize the current interpretations of Olmec prehistory. But these formal studies don’t describe the field experiences of the archaeologists who made the discoveries. What was it like to endure the Olmec region’s heat, humidity, mosquitoes, and ticks to bring that ancient society to light? How did unforeseen events and luck alter carefully planned research programs and the conclusions drawn from them? And, importantly, how did local communities and individuals react to the research projects and discoveries in their territories? In this engaging book, a leading expert on the Olmecs tells those stories from his own experiences and those of his predecessors, colleagues, and students. Beginning with the first modern explorations in the 1920s, David Grove recounts how generations of archaeologists and local residents have uncovered the Olmec past and pieced together a portrait of this ancient civilization that left no written records. The stories are full of fortuitous discoveries and frustrating disappointments, helpful collaborations and deceitful shenanigans. What emerges is an unconventional history of Olmec archaeology, a lively introduction to archaeological fieldwork, and an exceptional overview of all that we currently know about the Olmecs.


Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico

Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico

Author: National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13:

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Fourteen Olmec specialists discuss not only the works of art but also the many recent finds, that provide insights into Mexico's most ancient culture, as well as its cultural history, cosmology, and daily life. Colour photos. Quarto.


The Olmecs

The Olmecs

Author: Richard A. Diehl

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 498

ISBN-13: 9780500021194

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Provides a complete overview of Olmec culture, its accomplishments and impact on later Mexcian civilizations.


Mexico

Mexico

Author: Michael D. Coe

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13:

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Masterly....The complexities of Mexico's ancient cultures are perceptively presented and interpreted.--Library Journal