![]() This lecture will offer both Spanish subtitles for spoken English, and English subtitles for spoken Spanish.Įsta conferencia tendrá subtítulos en español para las secciones en inglés, y en inglés para las de español.Īnn Cyphers photo by Brizio Martínez. Olmec artworks are considered among ancient America's most striking. ![]() Registration closes 30 minutes before start time.Ĭosponsored by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard Divinity School, and the Moses Mesoamerican Archive The Olmec civilization was first defined through artifacts which collectors purchased on the pre-Columbian art market in the late 19th century and early 20th centuries. Visit the event registration page to register for this free virtual event. Building on the pioneering work of Matthew Stirling in the 1940s and Michael Coe in the 1960s, Ann Cyphers will discuss recent investigations at San Lorenzo that shed new light on the dawn of Olmec civilization almost 4,000 years ago.Īnn Cyphers, Archaeologist, Institute of Anthropological Research, National Autonomous University of MexicoĪdvanced registration required. and is considered the 'mother culture' of societies that came later, such as the Maya and Aztec. It thrived along Mexico's Gulf coast from approximately 1200 - 400 B.C. The Olmec also created spectacular earthen architecture and magnificent stone sculpture-including the famous Colossal Heads-that reflect their stratified social organization and centralized political system backed by religion and directed by hereditary rulers. The Olmec culture was Mesoamerica's first great civilization. ![]() The mathematical system they used was the same which was later used by the Mayan civilization, so. They flourished in the southern Gulf Coast of n between 1300 BC and 400 BC. Of particular interest is the fact that it is the epi-Olmec culture which provides the earliest archaeological evidence of the use of a mathematical system and a calendar. The Olmecs were the first Central American civilization. The inhabitants of this first Olmec capital developed a distinctive geopolitical territory and managed complex trade systems. The epi-Olmec culture borrowed many elements of the Olmec civilization. The hearth of Olmec civilization is located in the tropical lowlands of Mexico’s southern Gulf Coast region, in the majestic archaeological site of San Lorenzo.
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