Austin Mahone

The Olmec culture is the name of the civilization that developed during the Middle Preclassic Period. Although found traces of their presence in large parts of this cultural area, it is considered that the nuclear Olmec metropolitan area covers the southeastern part of the state of Veracruz and western Tabasco. Is unknown, fully, ethnic affiliation that is, who are the ancestors of these people, but there are numerous conjectures have tried to solve the problem of the identity of the Olmecs. In that sense, it is necessary to make clear that the Olmec ethnonym was imposed by archaeologists of the twentieth century, not to be confused with that of the Olmec-xicalancas, which were a group that flourished in the Epi in Center sites of Mexico, as Cacaxtla.

It was long believed that the Olmec was the mother culture of Mesoamerican civilization . However , it is unclear the process that gave rise to artistic style identified with this company , nor the extent to which cultural traits that are revealed in the archaeological evidence the Olmecs are building nuclear area . We know, for example, that some of the attributes themselves Olmecs could have appeared first in Chiapas or the Central Valleys of Oaxaca. Among other concerns that are pending definitive answer, is the question of the many sites associated with this culture in the Balsas Depression ( center Guerrero) . Whatever may have been the origin of the Olmec culture , the network of trade between different areas of Mesoamerica contributed to the spread of many cultural elements that are identified with the Olmec culture , including the cult of the mountains and caves ; worship Feathered Serpent , as associated with agriculture deity, the religious symbolism of jade and even own artistic style , which was heavily reworked in the centuries after the decline of the major centers of this society.

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