What s going on with the Olmec civilization?

The Mayan civilization was once thought to be the oldest civilization in Mesoamerica, but the many stone, clay and jade statues of various styles throughout Mexico give a faint impression of an even older culture. Archaeological discoveries and research have confirmed that there was an even older culture that existed before the Mayan civilization, and that is the Olmec culture, the mother of the Mayan civilization.

Basalt boulder human head.

The Olmec people live in a low-humid marshy area near the Gulf of Mexico, with abundant water and grass and numerous lakes. Around 1200 BC, the area was densely populated with villages and people, living in clan communes of primitive societies. It was during this period that civilization was born.

The most prominent feature of the Olmec culture is the megalithic human head. These avatars are uniquely shaped, well-conceived, realistic in style, and of a high artistic standard. What's even more amazing is:

The basalt stone used for the statue was all transported from more than 300 kilometers away. At that time, there were no wheels in Mexico or in the whole of America, and there were no means of animal transportation such as cattle, horses, and camels. If it were only by manpower, how would they use to transport boulders weighing tens of tons into the forest?

This remains a mystery to this day.

Olmec civilization.

The main body of the Olmec civilization is divided into three cultural points: the culture of San Lorenzo, the culture of La Venta, and the culture of Tres Zapotes. Three cultures follow one another:

The San Lorenzo culture was the earliest, appearing around 1200 BC to 900 BC; The next to emerge was the Raventa culture, around 900 BC 600 BC; The Tres Sapotes culture appeared the latest, around 500 BC 100 BC. The Olmec civilization, which consisted of these three cultural points, had an impact not only in Mexico itself, but throughout Central America. The Mayan civilization, the Aztec civilization and other civilizations that emerged later in Mesoamerica all have deep roots with the Olmec civilization, and they all reflect strong consistency and historical inheritance in social life and architectural art.

Therefore, the Olmec civilization enjoys the reputation of "the mother of Mesoamerican civilization".

Archaeologists believe it to be the origin of the Amerindian civilization.

The Olmec civilization, the mother of ancient civilizations in the Americas.

The Olmec Hidden Land Civilization may have been founded by the descendants of the Yin merchants who traveled east to the Americas, and this theory is very credible, because this view is based on the arguments of the British translator Medhur Wingt and the American expert Michael Michael.

It is likely that it was established by the descendants of the Yin Shang dynasty, and it was the British translator Dmitry Medhurst who first proposed the idea.

The founder of the Olmec civilization was a descendant of Yin Shang who traveled east to the Americas, and his literature was relatively high.

Summary. Not part of the Andean civilization. The Olmec civilization was an independent civilization that originated in the southern part of modern-day Mexico, between 1000 BC and 400 BC.

Its civilization has developed to a certain height and has its own cultural, religious, political, economic and other characteristics. Its civilization once developed into architecture, agriculture, metalworking, and other technologies, and had its own writing system. Its civilization has also influenced surrounding civilizations, such as the Andean civilization.

However, they are not directly related to each other, but develop independently of each other and have their own cultural characteristics.

Not part of the Andean civilization. The Olmec civilization was an independent civilization that originated in the southern part of modern-day Mexico, between 1000 BC and 400 BC. Its civilization has developed to a certain height, and it has its own characteristics of cultural affairs, religion, political quarrels, and economy.

Its civilization once developed into architecture, agriculture, metalworking, and other technologies, and had its own writing system. Its civilization has also influenced surrounding civilizations, such as the Andean civilization. However, they are not directly related to each other, but develop independently of each other and have their own cultural characteristics.

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It doesn't belong. The Olmec civilization was an ancient civilization that originated in the southern part of modern-day Mexico, between 1000 BC and 400 BC. Its civilization once developed locally for about 1,000 years until the Spanish colonizers arrived in the region and its civilization disappeared.

The Andean civilization, on the other hand, was an ancient civilization that originated in the central part of modern Mexico, between 1000 BC and 1519 BC. Its civilization had been developing locally for about 1,000 years until the Spanish colonizers arrived in the area, and its civilization disappeared. Thus, the Olmec and Andean civilizations are different civilizations that originated in different regions and developed in different time periods.

The best way to solve this problem is to understand the history of the development of these two civilizations, as well as the differences between them. You can learn about the history of these two civilizations by reading about the history of the two civilizations or visiting the local history museum. Personal Tips:

Understanding the historical context helps us better understand the development of the world today and the differences between civilizations.

The Olmec civilization arose around 1200 BC in the tropical jungles of the San Lorenzo Highlands of Central America. San Lorenzo was the center of the early Olmec civilization, which flourished for about 300 years before being destroyed by violence around 900 BC. Later, the center of the Olmec civilization moved closer to the Gulf of Mexico.

The Olmec civilization eventually disappeared around 400 BC, and the reason for its disappearance is unknown, but it influenced a large number of Mesoamerican civilizations. Many of the features of the Olmec civilization, such as pyramid and palace construction, jade carving, jaguar and Quetzalcoatl worship, were also common elements to later Mesoamerican civilizations. Most scholars believe that the Olmec civilization was the matrix of civilizations such as the Maya, Zapotec, and Theotivakacan.

But there are also those who consider the relationship between the Olmec civilization and other Mesoamerican civilizations to be sisterly.

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Finding that the Mayan civilization had many similarities with other ancient civilizations throughout Mexico, scholars speculated that there may have been an even older civilization that was a common source between the Maya and these Mexican civilizations. In fact, the Mayan ancestors have been here for at least three or four thousand years of civilization. What we call today the Olmec civilization, the common source of all ancient cultures in Mesoamerica, is actually the name of the Mayan civilization in that earlier stage.

The Olmecs had reached a very high level by 1150 BC. There is an old legend among Mexican folklore that in the jungles of ancient times lived the Raventa people, who lived in beautiful fairyland-like cities with a highly developed civilization.

In 1938, someone accidentally found 11 giant stone statues in the legendary Laventa forest, the heaviest of which was 20 tons, and scholars discovered two important ruins of La Venta and Tress Zapotes, and the "old grandmother" of Chinese and American civilization appeared. However, it was not until more than 20 years later, with the discovery of another important site, San Lorenzo, that the Olmec civilization was finally identified by the academic community.

The place where the Kozhicox (Quadaquarkos) River flows into the Gulf of Mexico is the home of the legendary Olmecs, with its abundant water and grass, and many rivers. Olmec means "land of rubber" because of the abundance of rubber in the area. The Olmec civilization emerged in the Gulf coast region around 1300 BC, and was the earliest advanced civilization in Mexico, and is recognized by the academic community as the "mother of cultures" in Mesoamerica.

The Olmec civilization was an ancient American civilization, and like many unsolved mysteries related to it, its sudden disappearance also left a mystery for everyone, which has not yet been solved.

The Olmec civilization is the oldest known civilization in the Americas. It existed and flourished in Mesoamerica (present-day south-central Mexico) between 1200 BC and 400 BC. The Olmec civilization of San Lorenzo was violently destroyed around 900 BC.

The Olmec civilization of La Venta, which lasted until 400 BC, inexplicably died out.

The main features of the Olmec civilization include:Megalithic architecture – pyramids, megalithic statues, figurines, large palaces, undeciphered writing systems, jade, jaguar, feathered serpent, phoenix worship, rubber ball games...…Their megalithic statues are 10 feet tall and made of granite, and their figures have thick lips, flat noses, staring eyes, and fancy helmets. Its facial features resemble those of Africans.

It is believed that the prototype of these statues is the king of the Olmecs. The Olmec also has a large number of figurines, which are common in Yin Shang archaeology.

The half-human, half-jaguar (jaguar) god is the supreme god of the Olmecs, followed by the god Quetzalcoatl, the god of Ceres, and the phoenix. The essence of the totem is to mark the clan, and the meaning of half-human and half-beast (plant, non-living thing) is that the clan concerned takes this animal (plant, non-living thing) as the god, believes that life comes from this totem object, and people live by its protection, and return to the totem god after death. The Shang and Zhou dynasties had clans with tigers (tigers and leopards are not distinguished) as their totems.

As for the earlier period, the tiger totem clan was extremely prosperous in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", throughout the ancient history of China, the Queen Mother of the West, Luo Luo (Yi nationality), Qiqi and so on are all tiger totems. In the past, Yi shamans wore tiger skins, shamanic shamans wore deer skins, and ancient Babylonian kings and gods wore fish skins, all of which were the same totemic concepts.

Shao Hao is the god of both Indians and East Asians. From the narrative of Tan Zi in "Zuo Chuan" and the archaeological discoveries in Shandong and South Korea, it can be seen that Shaohao is a phoenix bird totem. The Indians had different interpretations of the specific image of the phoenix, and there were also different ways of separating and combining with the god Quetzalcoatl.

However, it can be inferred that the Olmecs also commemorate Shaohao as the Yin merchants. The seal is cylindrical in shape, coated with ink, and can be rolled on paper and clothes to expand the picture. This method was followed by the Maya.

The Olmecs already had hieroglyphs, which had similarities with the Mayan script, but also had significant differences. Its composition system and specific linguistic characteristics are still unsolved mysteries.

It may be that they have migrated to a better place, which is why they are thought to have disappeared.

Because there is no one to inherit this civilization, or what it has experienced, it has led to its disappearance.

It may have been directly destroyed by a lot of force majeure natural disasters.

Maybe the climate has changed, so they are no longer suitable to live there.

I think it's probably because of some natural disaster.

Personal speculation is that it was caused by natural disasters, like the end of Pompeii.

I think this must have experienced some kind of natural disaster, which is why it is like this.

I think so, existence is reasonable, and some things are not reasonable if they do not exist.

I think it's hard to explain, but I guess it's for some special reasons.

Because they have different situations, that's why it's like this.