Pre-Columbian.
2006-07-06 03:16:59 · 3 answers · asked by M S 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
The Olmec were an ancient Pre-Columbian 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. Their immediate cultural influence went much further though, Olmec artwork being found as far afield as El Salvador. The Olmec predominated in their lands from about 1200 BC to about 400 BC and they are, in fact, claimed by many to be the progenitors and mother culture of every primary element common to later Mesoamerican civilizations.
Aslo they were one of the first to create rubber...
The juice of a local vine, Ipomoea alba, was then mixed with this latex to create rubber as early as 1600 BC [1].
2006-07-06 03:27:30 · answer #1 · answered by Bog woppit. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were known for their magnificent temples and carvings .. at least that is what has mainly survived.
2006-07-06 03:20:58 · answer #2 · answered by sam21462 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
their big stone heads, it think they were for their gods...
2006-07-06 03:20:30 · answer #3 · answered by dcarcia@sbcglobal.net 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋