the olmecs

The Begining of the Olmec civilization

2700 BCE

Corn is first cultivated in Mesoamerica. After the discovery of corn the olmec civilization began

The Religion Of The Olmecs

1700 BCE

Their religion developed all the important themes found in later cults. They had a polytheistic religion, a large number of their gods were related to agriculture and other elements such as the sun, water, volcanoes, animals, etc.

Art of the Olmecs

1300 BCE

Olmec art refers to the preserved artistic manifestations of the Olmec culture that developed during the Middle Preclassic of Mesoamerica (it flourished between 1200 BC and 500 BC) and is considered the first of the great civilizations of that region.

La Venta

1200 BCE

San Lorenzo becomes the great ceremonial centre of the Olmec civilization.Lorenzo, was all but abandoned around 900 BCE at about the same time that La Venta rose to prominence.[20] A wholesale destruction of many San Lorenzo monuments also occurred c. 950s BCE, which may indicate an internal uprising or, less likely, an invasion.[21] The latest thinking, however, is that environmental changes may have been responsible for this shift in Olmec centers, with certain important rivers changing course

The Three Zapotes

900 BCE

The Tres Zapotes ceremonial center was the last to be developed. It is the best known because it was the one that survived until a closer period, but the Olmec civilization that developed here was a culture already in decline, not the splendor that lived in the previous ceremonial centers.

The Economy Of The Olmecs

800 BCE

The economy of the Olmecs was based mainly on agricultural products, with which they traded both among themselves and with other neighboring peoples, especially with nomadic peoples, mainly the Olmecs reproduced the cultivation of corn, in addition to beans, pumpkins, cocoa, among others. others. They also built large urban centers (such as San Lorenzo and La Venta).

Language and writing of the olmecs

530 BCE

Ya que la cultura olmeca fue la primera civilización en Mesoamérica, se especula que muchos logros mesoamericanos tuvieron lugar por primera vez en el seno de su cultura. Entre otras cosas, se acredita a los olmecas el desarrollo del calendario, la escritura y la epigrafía. Antes de los descubrimientos de 2002, el corpus principal de inscripciones largas constaba de una docena de inscripciones epigráficas, todas ellas datadas entre 300 b. C. y el 530 b.C.

The End Of The olmec civilization

350 BCE

Scholars have yet to determine the cause of the eventual extinction of the Olmec culture. Between 400 and 350 BCE, the population in the eastern half of the Olmec heartland dropped precipitously, and the area was sparsely inhabited until the 19th century.[26] According to archaeologists, this depopulation was probably the result of "very serious environmental changes that rendered the region unsuited for large groups of farmers.