Olmecs

By Taaha
  • 3500 BCE

    Ceramics

    Ceramics are made at Valdivia on the Ecuador Coast in South America
  • Period: 3500 BCE to Dec 25, 1000

    The Olmec Timespan

    In the decades that followed Colombus's first voyage, the Spaniards conquered two powerful civilisation- the Aztecs in Mexico and the Incas in Peru.
  • 2700 BCE

    Agriculture

    The Mexicans start practicing agriculture
  • 1800 BCE

    Culture of the Olmecs

    The Olmec Culture Develops
  • 1200 BCE

    Olmecs Civilisation

    The Olmec civilisatiion reaches Mexico in its height
  • 900 BCE

    Peru Practise

    Art, Ceramic and weaving are practiced at Chavin at Peru
  • 900 BCE

    Pyramids

    The Olmecs builds pyramids at ceremonial centers

  • The uncovering of the villages

    In Tres Zapotes, Mexico, villagers uncovered a strange object sticking out of the ground. What they found was a giant head carved from a Basalt Boulder