Americanista

study of the indigenous people of the american continent ☆ estudio de la historia, las lenguas y las culturas de América

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Estela 1 from La Mojarra, Veracruz, Mexico (Late Preclassic Period)

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Hieroglyphs representing a conquered town, from Building J at Monte Albán, Oaxaca, Mexico.

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The earliest found depiction of the feathered serpent god (precursor of later Quetzalcoatl/Kukulcan) was made by the olmecs at La Venta.

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~ Fragmentary Figure.

Culture: Olmec

Period: Middle Preclassic

Date: 900-300 B.C.

Medium: Jadeite

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miniature mask of greenstone; overall: 6.9 x 6.2 cm; mesoamerica, mexico, olmec, c. 900-400 b.c.

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Figurine of an olmec baby around 34 cm tall.

Early Preclassic Period (1200 - 900 BC), found at Las Bocas, Puebla, Mexico.

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Lower part of Long Count date on the stela C, at Tres Zapotes, Veracruz, México. This statuette is 15 cm tall and its called the "Tuxtla Statuette".

The importance of this piece is on the dates marked in it belonging to the Late Preclassic. It is further proof that the olmecs invented the Long Count mesoamerican calendar and perhaps developed astronomical observations with which the Maya are usually credited.

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Otomanguean family language.

Familia lingüística otomangue.

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Señorios maya a inicios del siglo XVI.

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The Spanish borderlands and indian tribes of North America.

Source: Bannon, J. F. (1970) The Spanish Borderlands Frontier, 1513-1821.

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Woman and child.

Olmec culture, middle preclassic period. Unknown Provenience, Mexico.

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Basalt figure of a bearded man named "Wrestler". Olmec culture, early or middle preclassical period. Veracruz, Mexico

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Greenstone figure from Las Limas, Veracruz, Mexico. A young man holds the figure of a baby-feline like deity. The drawings on the right are on its shoulders and knees representing another four deities.

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Jade effigy ax, known as the "Kunz" ax. Olmec culture, preclassic period.

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The inca empire in 1532.

El imperio inca en su máxima extensión en 1532.

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Map of the olmec heartland in the south of the Gulf of Mexico.

Source: Coe, M.D. (1962) Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs.