Here first peoples land activist Tesosomok says they're teaching Mesoamerican farming practices.

在这里，原住民土地活动家Tesosomok表示，他们正在教授中美洲农业实践。

The largest Mesoamerican pyramid site is Teotihuacan, although no one knows the original name.

中美洲最大的金字塔遗址是特奥蒂瓦坎，尽管没有人知道它原来的名字。

Cozumel is part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the world's second largest reef.

科兹美岛属於中美洲大堡礁的一部份，这是世界上第二大的珊瑚礁。

A myth from the Chichimeca culture, which is a very powerful Mesoamerican culture.

来自 Chichimeca 文化的神话，这是一种非常强大的中美洲文化。

Mesoamerican pyramids were artificial mountains thought to invite the gods down to a home which they would find both familiar and comfortable.

中美洲的金字塔是人造的山峰，人们认为它是为了邀请众神来到一个他们既熟悉又舒适的家。

Well, first of all, they're eating a Mesoamerican staple diet, or they have for most of their life, which consists of three foods.

首先，他们吃的是中美洲的主食，或者说他们一生中大部分时间都吃的是三种食物。

The Mesoamerican pyramids differ from those in Egypt as they feature a flat top and are more similar to The Step Pyramids of early Egypt.

中美洲金字塔与埃及金字塔不同，因为它们的特点是顶部平坦，更类似于早期埃及的阶梯金字塔。

This first Mesoamerican civilization likely also created the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, which has popularly become known as the Maya calendar.

这个第一个中美洲文明很可能还创造了中美洲长历法，它已被普遍称为玛雅历法。

" These centers were probably the earliest material expressions of basic concepts of Mesoamerican calendars, " Inomata said, noting that such calendars were based on 20-day periods.

" 这些中心可能是中美洲历法基本概念最早的物质表现形式。" 他指出，这样的历法是以20天为周期的。

Either way, the pyramid was clearly an important building structure of the Olmecs, who made it an essential part of the Mesoamerican world.

无论哪种方式， 金字塔显然是奥尔梅克人的重要建筑结构，使它成为中美洲世界的重要组成部分。

The Olmecs also settled along an important old trade route, which helped them grow and develop into one of the earliest Mesoamerican civilizations.

奥尔梅克人还沿着一条重要的旧贸易路线定居，这帮助他们成长并发展成为最早的中美洲文明之一。

Their story continues to encourage archeologists and historians to dive deeper into these mysterious people and how their work impacted later Mesoamerican civilizations.

他们的故事继续鼓励考古学家和历史学家深入研究这些神秘人物，以及他们的工作如何影响后来的中美洲文明。

Either way, the Olmecs disappeared – but not before they had left their mark on Mesoamerican civilizations that would continue to impact the world today.

无论哪种方式，奥尔梅克人都消失了——但在他们在中美洲文明留下将继续影响当今世界的印记之前。

Soccer was a popular game in later ancient Mesoamerican civilizations, and although the game has lost its religious applications in modern times, it is still one of the most popular sports in the region today.

足球在后来的古代中美洲文明中是一种流行的运动，虽然这项运动在现代已经失去了宗教意义，但它仍然是当今该地区最受欢迎的运动之一。

Historians believe that the Olmec leaders wielded considerable authority and could mobilize the population; historians even argue that this power set the Olmecs apart from the other Mesoamerican tribes at the time.

历史学家认为， 奥尔梅克领导人拥有相当大的权力， 可以动员民众。历史学家甚至争辩说， 这种力量使奥尔梅克人有别于当时的其他中美洲部落。

The Olmecs are not as well-known as some of the later Mesoamerican cultures, but because it was the first major civilization in the area, it made significant contributions that influenced the people who came afterward.

奥尔梅克人不像后来的一些中美洲文化那样广为人知，但由于它是该地区的第一个主要文明，它做出了重大贡献， 影响了后来的人们。

Even though historians do not know everything about the Olmecs yet, they agree that this group made essential contributions to the development of the early Mesoamerican civilizations that have gone on to influence the world.

尽管历史学家尚不完全了解奥尔梅克人，但他们一致认为， 这个群体对影响世界的早期中美洲文明的发展做出了重要贡献。

The Olmecs didn't only influence the development of the military and the trade network; they also were responsible for several critical cultural innovations that shaped later civilizations and can still be seen as part of Mesoamerican culture today.

奥尔梅克人不仅影响了军事和贸易网络的发展；他们还促成了几项重要的文化创新， 这些创新塑造了后来的文明， 至今仍被视为中美洲文化的一部分。

Although most people think about the Aztecs or the Maya when they think of early Mesoamerican civilizations, there was a civilization that was even earlier than these groups that laid the foundation for most of the cultures to come.

尽管大多数人在想到中美洲早期文明时都会想到阿兹特克人或玛雅人，但有一种文明甚至比这些文明更早， 为后来的大多数文化奠定了基础。

The discovery adds an additional layer of complexity to our understanding of Southwestern and Mesoamerican cultures