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Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs Michael D. Coe, Rex Koontz
Publisher: Thames & Hudson

The Olmec heartland is an area on the south coast of the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain of southern Veracruz and Tabasco, is thus called because of the concentration of a large number of Olmec monuments as well as the greatest Olmec sites. May 8, 2014 - And human sacrifice! The area is about 125 miles long and 50 Ancient Mesoamericans, spanning from ancient Olmecs to Aztecs, extracted latex from Castilla elastica, a type of rubber tree in the area. The Aztecs named them for their rubber balls “Rubber people” left behind. They thrived for hundreds of years. Jun 2, 2009 - The Olmec were an ancient Pre-Colombian people living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, roughly in what are the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Apr 30, 2014 - I think, broadly, we can define Mesoamerica as an area that includes Mexico and Central America. The outstanding museum on the Olmec civilization in Jalapa, in the Veracruz province of Mexico, included when it was built a wall panel showing the extent and dates of Mexico's various cultures. The complexities of Mexico's ancient cultures are perceptively presented and interpreted.” —Library Journal. When the Spanish Conquistadors landed in Mexico and Peru, in the 16th century, they found the natives of these lands in possession of large and beautiful emeralds, some of which were cut with great skill into peculiar and Besides being used as an ornamental stone, the emerald was also considered as a sacred stone by the ancient Indian tribes such as the Olmec, Inca, Aztec, Toltec, Maya, Chibcha, Muisca, etc. Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs (Sixth Edition) (Ancient Peoples and Places) book download. However, mistakenly applied the name "Olmec" to the rediscovered ruins and artifacts in the heartland decades before it was understood that these were not created by people the Aztecs knew as the "Olmec," but rather a culture that was 2000 years older. Aug 1, 2008 - The artifact is believed to date back from about 500 B.C. May 26, 2013 - Saturday, 25 May 2013 at 15:38. Feb 22, 2007 - The Olmecs, for those unfamiliar with Precolumbian Mexico except through watching episodes of "The Simpsons", lived mostly in the present day Mexican state of Tobasco, which is on the Gulf of Mexico in the south. May 1, 2014 - The rich culinary strands weave in from Spain and the many indigenous peoples of Mexico, including Mayans, Aztecs, Olmecs, and the Huichol. The Olmec name wasn't theirs at all. Apr 27, 2006 - aztecs Long before the Europeans arrived, Mexico was home to many indigenous peoples, with the Olmec, Maya and powerful Aztec cultures the most notable. May 21, 2014 - The first one was an attempt to identify the great god of Mesoamerica, the Winged Serpent (Quetzalcoatl to the Aztecs, Kukulkan to the Mayas), and the significance of his promise to return to those lands on the first day of a 52-year cycle, (AD 1519, when the Aztec king . Oct 13, 2012 - Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs (Ancient Peoples and Places).