| 单词 | Olmec |
| 例句 | The earliest known Olmec writing, for example, is on a potsherd from Chiapas that dates from about 300 B.C. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Given the evidence available now, the same seems to be true for the Olmec and ancient Mesoamerica. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The African knowledge gained thereby explains the Olmec's rapid rise. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In addition to the Mayan and Aztec civilizations, the Olmec, Toltec, and Culhua peoples thrived in Mesoamerica at different times. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z So the Olmec and their successors must have had the wheel for more than two thousand years. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At La Venta’s height, Olmec art and technical innovations could be found throughout Mesoamerica. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Like contemporary astrologers, the Olmec, Maya, and Zapotec believed that celestial phenomena like the phases of the moon and Venus affect daily life. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z By the time he wrote, many of his colleagues strongly doubted that the Olmec either emerged alone or were the mother culture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The first traces of the people who would become the Olmec date back to about 1800 b.c. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Thought to have been written in 159 a.d., the twenty-one columns of glyphs were the first Olmec text long enough to permit linguists to decipher the language. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Since Bernal’s death many researchers have come to view the Olmec differently. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The Olmec were but the first of many societies that arose in Mesoamerica in this epoch. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z To Stirling and many of his successors, the Olmec seemed to have no peers or ancestors; they appeared fully formed, apparently from nowhere, like Athena springing from the brow of Zeus. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The problem with the name is not so much that the Olmec did not use it for themselves—nobody knows what that name was, and they have to be called something. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Although the Olmec preceded the others, they did not set the template for them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Emblematic of this rocketing growth were the Olmec's neighbors in Oaxaca, the Zapotec, whom Flannery and Marcus have studied for more than two decades. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “And the Olmec weren’t conquered by the Europeans. They died out.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z But I would argue that there is a difference between inheriting a cultural tradition, as the Norte Chico culture’s successors apparently did, and copying one, as the Olmec’s proponents argue. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The Olmec, he thought, were the Romans of Mesoamerica, a magisterial society that “established the pattern which, through the centuries, was to be followed by other expansionist Mesoamerican cultures.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Pride of place must go to the Olmec, the first technologically complex culture in the hemisphere. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Visitors from the Shang Dynasty are said to have crossed the Pacific to teach the ancient Olmec how to write, build monuments, and worship a feline god. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Focusing on the Olmec’s chronological primacy, they believe, obscures the more important fact that Mesoamerica was the home of a remarkable multisociety ferment of social, aesthetic, and technical innovation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Olmec,” though, is a word in Nahuatl, the language of the Mexica to the north. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Even with animals, though, the Olmec would not have had much use for wheeled vehicles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This map does not depict it accurately, because these societies were not contemporaries—the Olmec vanished centuries before the Nudzahui and Zapotec began to reach their height, for example. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z To further proclaim their status, wealthy Olmec carved deep grooves into their teeth and pierced their nasal septums with bone awls, plugging the holes with ornamental jade beads. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Like the carvings and stained-glass windows in European cathedrals, the art in San Lorenzo and other Olmec cities consisted mainly of powerful, recurring images—the crucifixions and virgins, so to speak, of ancient Mesoamerica. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Nobody knows the right name for the Olmec, but “Olmec” is the wrong one. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z "There is now little doubt," Michael Coe, the Yale archaeologist, wrote in 1994, “that all later civilizations in Mesoamerica, whether Mexican or Maya, ultimately rest on an Olmec base.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He looked positively offended at the Olmec failure to see the world in the same way as a contemporary European engineer. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Even the mighty Maya did little more than continue down the path set by the Olmec. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Yet a third theory is that the Zapotec of Monte Alban—not the Olmec of La Venta—consolidated to form North America’s first imperialist power, an aggressive state that subjugated dozens of other villages. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Like the stained-glass windows in European cathedrals, the massive Olmec sculptures and bas-reliefs were meant both to dazzle and instruct. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Five thousand years after llamas had been domesticated in the Andes, the Olmecs, Maya, Aztecs, and all other native societies of Mexico remained without pack animals and without any edible domestic mammals except for dogs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The implication is that by 32 b.c. the Olmec already had all three calendars and zero to boot. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And with it appeared the Olmec, Mesoamerica’s first great civilization. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The Olmec, Maya, and other Mesoamerican societies were world pioneers in mathematics and astronomy—but they did not use the wheel. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At the same time that Mayan civilization was developing, the Olmecs, sometimes called Mexico’s “Mother Culture,” flourished in the Valley of Mexico. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z She sort of resembled one of those huge stone Olmec heads. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The Olmec, it was proposed, visited Peru, and the locals, dutiful students, copied their example. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The first and better known is Mesoamerica, where half a dozen societies, the Olmec first among them, rose in the centuries before Christ. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Olmec society was surprisingly unaffected by the collapse of its greatest polity. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Offering more than 300 objects spanning nearly 2,500 years, and representing cultures from the Moche, Wari and Inca to the Olmec, Maya and Aztec, it delivers in full. At the Met, All That Dazzles Is Not Just Gold — It’s Feathers, Too 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z So does the language and culture of the Zapotecs, Mixtecs, Toltecs, Olmecs and Maya. Francine Prose’s Oaxaca: An Immersion Course in Mexico’s Delights 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z For the Olmec and Maya, jade was the most valuable material. When are feathers worth more than gold? 'Kingdoms' exhibition answers with spectacular finds 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z They were carved in a so-called elongated-man style, an Olmec form previously only known from ceramic and stone pieces. Antiquities Dealer Leonardo Patterson Faces New Criminal Charges 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z It’s easy to gravitate toward the stunning Olmec and Maya masks without glancing once at a seemingly simple jade plaque with faint marks. For curators, the quest to build 'Golden Kingdoms' for Getty exhibit leads to stunning surprises 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Their status as a cure-all dates back over 2,000 years, having spread from the Olmecs, Maya and Aztecs, via the Spanish conquistadors, into Europe from the 16th century. The dark truth about chocolate 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z For now, though, he said Mr. Patterson would return the two figures, part of his sprawling collection of at least 1,029 Aztec, Mayan and Olmec artifacts. Antiquities Dealer Leonardo Patterson Faces New Criminal Charges 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Offering some 300 objects spanning more than 2,500 years, and representing cultures from the Moche, Wari and Inca to the Olmec, Maya and Aztec, it delivers in full. 24 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z A pectoral of a human face made in the Olmec style in Guerrero, Mexico. Look what happens when you interview artist and Instagram sensation Guadalupe Rosales via text image 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z He was also ordered to return two genuine ancient Olmec wooden head carvings to Mexico, valued at $53,000 apiece, and his passport was confiscated. Antiquities Dealer Leonardo Patterson Faces New Criminal Charges 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z It was carved from volcanic rock sometime between 800-400 BC during the heyday of the Olmec civilization, one of Mexico’s earliest complex societies with sites mostly clustered around the country’s Gulf coast. Back in Mexico, 'Earth Monster' sculpture points to ancient beliefs 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z Do you think the Olmec culture was a “mother culture” for the later Mesoamerican civilizations? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Tamales date to pre-Hispanic times when Olmecs, Mexicas and Mayas prepared them for religious rituals, offerings and even placed them in tombs. Mexicans relish tamales, savoring tradition and nostalgia 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z But a new study suggests the ancient calendar used by Maya and Olmec cultures may date back as early as 1100 B.C.E., centuries earlier than previous estimates. Maya calendar may be more than 3000 years old, laser mapping reveals 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z It will include artifacts, paintings and documents from the Maya, Aztec, Olmec and Inca cultures, among others, and will explore native life before, during and after the era of colonization. Library of Congress gets $10 million for early Americas gallery 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z The Olmecs are well-known for their advanced artistic tradition, including colossal head sculptures. Back in Mexico, 'Earth Monster' sculpture points to ancient beliefs 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z If you were a visitor to an Olmec or Maya city, what would you experience from the start of your stay to the end? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The mother of Mesoamerican cultures was the Olmec civilization. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Mesoamerica’s first known civilization builders were a people known as the Olmec. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A large airborne laser mapping survey of Maya and Olmec sites in southern Mexico has revealed nearly 500 Mesoamerican monuments. News at a glance: Climate promises, a predatory ‘Hydra’ publisher, and tracking the birth of elements 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Researchers continue to argue over whether the Olmec, which predate the Maya, are more of a mother or sister culture to them. Nearly 500 Mesoamerican monuments revealed by laser mapping—many for the first time 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z One of them, the Olmec culture, emerged around this time as Mesoamerica’s first complex civilization with its own monumental architecture. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Flourishing along the hot Gulf Coast of Mexico from about 1200 to about 400 BCE, the Olmec produced a number of major works of art, architecture, pottery, and sculpture. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The Olmec influenced neighboring groups, as well as the later civilizations of the region. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After the city government decided to remove the Columbus statute from its plinth, a number of proposals were put forward including a statue inspired by a pre-Hispanic Olmec head. Mexico City to swap Columbus statue for one of indigenous woman 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z The researchers estimate these Olmec and Maya complexes were built between 1100 and 400 B.C.E., and would have been used for ceremonial gatherings. Nearly 500 Mesoamerican monuments revealed by laser mapping—many for the first time 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Upon this platform, the Olmec built ceremonial and other structures, water reservoirs, a system of drains, numerous stone works of art, and a number of massive sculpted stone heads. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Olmec built aqueducts to transport water into their cities and irrigate their fields. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z This head, along with others that were discovered later, was a remnant of the Olmec civilization. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z So she started her own company, Olmec Toys, to make Sun-Man and other toys for Black, Hispanic and Native American children. Mattel dusts off He-Man, with a nod to diversity. 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said the bronze likeness of Columbus would be moved to a park and a statue of an Olmec woman would take its place. Mexico City to swap Columbus statue for one of indigenous woman 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Because little of the San Lorenzo site remains, we can only speculate about the organization of the Olmec civilization, but it is clear that their civilization shaped those that followed. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Olmec also developed a system of trade throughout Mesoamerica, giving rise to an elite class. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The hills to the north provided hard stone from which the Olmec could make tools and monuments. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The group claims, on its website, to descend from a wide range of peoples, including "the Olmecs, Moabites, Canaanites, Hittites," among others, but mainly a strong relationship of American-Moroccans. Group in armed standoff with police say they're the 'aboriginal people' of America 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Strictly speaking, this architectural pattern is not a strong characteristic of the central Maya lowlands to the east nor of the Olmec region to the west. Large-scale early Maya sites in Mexico revealed by lidar mapping technology 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Given the effort required to transport the stone and carve the heads, these works were likely intended to emphasize the power of the rulers, both to the Olmec people and to outsiders. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z After the decline of the Olmec, a city rose in the fertile central highlands of Mesoamerica. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The Olmec used their resources to build thriving communities. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In the past, many archaeologists thought the Olmec spread their religion and social structure through Mesoamerica, making it the region’s “mother culture.” 3400-year-old ballgame court unearthed in mountains of Mexico 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Olmec-style artifacts were found among the earliest buildings at Ceibal, indicating that the Maya civilization was influenced by the Olmec from the beginning. Online Map Leads Archaeologist to Maya Discovery 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z At the same time, another Olmec site rose in significance, some fifty miles to the northeast at La Venta. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Flourishing from roughly 2000 BCE to 900 CE in what is now Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and Guatemala, the Maya perfected the calendar and written language the Olmec had begun. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Here archaeologists uncovered important clues that offered a glimpse into the Olmec world. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Seagram liquor company and the ancient Mesoamerican civilization of the Olmecs were not obvious bedfellows. When Corporate Lobbies Started to Look Like Museum Galleries 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z “The relationship between the Maya and Olmec gets at the origins of Mesoamerican civilization overall,” Dr. Inomata said. Online Map Leads Archaeologist to Maya Discovery 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Olmec art depicts numerous deities, such as a dragon god, a bird god, a fish god, and many fertility deities like a maize god and water gods. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z How did the Olmec, Aztec, Inca, Maya, and North American Natives differ in their ways of life and cultural achievements? U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z They included columns, altars, and more colossal, sculpted heads, which may have represented particular Olmec rulers. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And the only White House employee to ever be confused with an Olmec head. Virginia crisis deepens as attorney general also admits to wearing blackface – live 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z The Olmec and the Maya civilizations differed in important ways. Online Map Leads Archaeologist to Maya Discovery 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z The Olmec also clearly recognized many types of supernatural mixed beings, like a feathered serpent and the were-jaguar, a cross between a jaguar and a human. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Corn was bred in central Mexico approximately 9,000 years ago and was so important to the Olmec, Maya and other Mesoamerican civilizations that they even had maize gods. The Foreigners at Your Thanksgiving Table 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Some scholars think that Olmec workers may have moved these sculptures over land on rolling logs to the river banks. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Corn was more than a source of sustenance for the Olmecs, Maya and Aztecs; it also had important spiritual significance, as depicted in hieroglyphs and other artwork. The dishes on your Thanksgiving table have deep, indigenous roots beyond the first feast 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The Maya and Olmec also developed unique languages and their own architectural and artistic styles. Online Map Leads Archaeologist to Maya Discovery 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Like some later civilizations, the Olmec also saw bloodletting as a link to the spirit world. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The very food that tempts me at the checkout line, chocolate, can be traced back to a plant that was originally domesticated in South America and refined by the Olmec and Maya of Central America. The Foreigners at Your Thanksgiving Table 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z This structure may have served as the tomb of a great Olmec ruler. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mexico says the artefacts were taken illegally from an Olmec archaeological site in eastern Mexico. Germany returns ancient busts to Mexico 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z One is the city of Tres Zapotes along the gulf coast, which flourished from 400 B.C.E. to 300 C.E., in the centuries immediately following the fall of La Venta, the last Olmec capital. It wasn't just Greece: Archaeologists find early democratic societies in the Americas 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Some scholars thus conclude that Olmec civilization was a “mother culture” for later large and sophisticated Mesoamerican states. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The cacao tree originated in the upper Amazon, in what is now Ecuador, and was imported into the Mexican empire of the Olmec, who domesticated it and then sent it to the Mayans and Aztecs. The Race to Save Chocolate 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Known as the Great Pyramid, the mound also may have been the center of the Olmec religion. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The show also includes replicas of pieces by unknown artists, such as a grimacing stone carving made by Mexico’s native Olmec people some 2,500 years ago. Rio museum opens its doors to Carnival’s anonymous artisans 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z For example, Monte Albán, the capital of the Zapotec people in Oaxaca between 500 B.C.E. and 800 C.E., lacked the ostentatious representations of individual rulers so common in Olmec and classical Maya art. It wasn't just Greece: Archaeologists find early democratic societies in the Americas 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z The Maya were certainly influenced by Olmec civilization, though likely not directly. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The show also includes replicas of pieces by unknown artists, such as a grimacing stone carving made by Mexico's native Olmec people some 2,500 years ago. Rio museum opens its doors to Carnival's anonymous artisans 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Experts believe the Olmec prayed to a variety of nature gods. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "He bridged the gap between the Olmec and Mayan cultures in central America." 'Most ancient' Maya tomb found 2012-10-26T00:02:46Z It is in the third age, Ehecatonatiuh, "Sun of Wind," that Olmecs and Xicalanques came from the east to settle in the south of Mexico. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z The Maya also played a ritual ball game based on the earlier Olmec variety. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Visitors to this middle-class town of around 67,000 people, which attributes its mysticism to the region’s ancient Olmec roots, had for decades sought wizards to cast love spells and cure physical ailments. Catemaco Journal: Mexicans Turn to Witchcraft to Ward Off Drug Cartels 2011-11-02T00:05:31Z The Olmec appear to have been a prosperous people who directed a large trading network throughout Mesoamerica. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Olmec empire began to fade at around 400 BC, while the Maya civilisation was starting to grow and develop, said Christa Schieber, another archaeologist working at the site. 'Most ancient' Maya tomb found 2012-10-26T00:02:46Z And it is possible that these turtles were part of the diet of the Olmec culture more than 3,000 years ago.” River Turtle?s Genes Reveal Influence of Maya Indians 2011-07-26T20:49:00Z Another possible Olmec influence was the Maya calendar. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Olmecs are considered to be America's oldest civilization. VIDEO: Giant Olmec heads shown in Mexico 2011-07-22T14:16:26Z Olmec goods traveled as far as Mexico City to the north and Honduras to the south. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z An important social background for this change was increasing interaction with other groups across wide areas, including the Olmecs, which stimulated the exchange of new ideas and materials. Scientist at Work: Q. and A. on Maya Archaeology 2011-04-28T18:09:54Z Others argue that the Maya received crucial influence from other groups, particularly, the Olmec of the southern gulf coast known for colossal head sculptures. Scientist at Work: Maya Axes, and Moles Under the Pyramid 2011-03-01T14:37:52Z Like many Aztec traditions, this rite was widely practiced in Mesoamerica and had roots going back to the Olmec culture and likely earlier. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z More than 100 giant masterpieces of the Olmec world are displayed at Mexico City's National Anthropology Museum. VIDEO: Giant Olmec heads shown in Mexico 2011-07-22T14:16:26Z This trade network helped boost the Olmec economy and spread Olmec influence. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Olmec, renowned for their monumental sculpture, spread their influence far inland from their base on the Gulf Coast and were once thought to be the dominant culture. In an Ancient Mexican Tomb, High Society and Human Sacrifice 2010-05-18T00:00:00Z "Then you agree?" exclaimed Olmec, while Techotl fairly hugged himself with delight. Red Nails The Olmec were clearly in contact with other groups around southern Mexico and Central America. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Casually stepping over Olmec, Tascela walked to the bronze door and shot the bolt and threw it open, revealing a hallway without. Red Nails As with the Olmec, the fall of Zapotec civilization remains a puzzle. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Bachand noted that many artifacts in the tomb were similar or identical to those found at the imposing Olmec ruins of La Venta, in Tabasco. In an Ancient Mexican Tomb, High Society and Human Sacrifice 2010-05-18T00:00:00Z Olmec nodded, and waved a hand, and Techotl and a woman led the adventurers into a corridor which led through a door off to the left of the jade dais. Red Nails Like much related to the Olmec, however, the extent of their influence is a question we may never answer with certainty. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Awakening instinct brought him about again, just as Olmec struck with his great mallet-like fist. Red Nails The Olmec contributed much to later Mesoamerican civilizations. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Or were they local people who simply reflected their interactions with the Olmec? In an Ancient Mexican Tomb, High Society and Human Sacrifice 2010-05-18T00:00:00Z A glance back showed Valeria Olmec sitting on his throne, chin on knotted fist, staring after them. Red Nails Seventeen have been found across all the Olmec sites; some stand eleven feet tall. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Olmec was as tall as Conan, and heavier; but there was something repellent about the Tlazitlan, something abysmal and monstrous that contrasted unfavorably with the clean-cut, compact hardness of the Cimmerian. Red Nails Olmec art styles, especially the use of the jaguar motif, can be seen in the pottery and sculpture of later peoples in the region. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But aspects of the burials differed from the Olmec culture, he said. In an Ancient Mexican Tomb, High Society and Human Sacrifice 2010-05-18T00:00:00Z "They would not split the clan on a foray like this," said Olmec, shaking his head, and regaining some of his ordinary intelligence. Red Nails By 900 BCE, it had become the dominant Olmec city in the region. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Olmec was darker, but not from the burning of the sun. Red Nails Like the Maya, these peoples would trace some of their ancestry to the Olmec. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The tomb’s construction — a stone wall on one side, clay on the others — was unlike that of the few known Olmec tombs. In an Ancient Mexican Tomb, High Society and Human Sacrifice 2010-05-18T00:00:00Z Olmec glanced at the remnants of his people. Red Nails Over time, this trade exposed other Mesoamerican cultures to Olmec ideas about religion, art, architecture, and governance. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But she noticed that Olmec went stealthily, with his head on one side as if listening for sounds of pursuit, and he did not return to the throne chamber. Red Nails While the Olmec were building their civilization along the Gulf Coast in the period from 1200 B.C. to 400 B.C., the Maya were also evolving. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "I feared she would not like your wine, Olmec," purred the princess, "so I brought some of mine, some I brought with me long ago from the shores of Lake Zuad—do you understand, Olmec?" Red Nails Valeria found her indifferent callousness more repugnant than Olmec's naked ferocity. Red Nails The Olmec influenced Mesoamerican cultures that followed, including the Zapotecs of Oaxaca, the Teotihuacanos of the Valley of Mexico, and the Maya of southern Mexico and Guatemala. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z "After you, comrade!" retorted Conan satirically, swaying his broadsword as he spoke, and Olmec shrugged his shoulders and stepped onto the staircase. Red Nails The Aztecs were preceded by two other important civilizations that traced their ancestry to the Olmec and Zapotec. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As it was, Conan swayed backward, but even as he reeled he dropped his sword, useless at such close quarters, and grasped Olmec's extended arm, dragging the prince with him as he fell. Red Nails Olmec had assured them that the catacombs below Tecuhltli were walled off from the rest, too securely for their enemies to break through. Red Nails But Olmec was already dead, for those iron fingers had crushed out his life and broken his neck as they fell. Red Nails While they ate, Olmec sat in silence on his ivory seat, watching them from under his broad black brows. Red Nails For reasons that are not fully understood, Olmec civilization eventually collapsed. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Without emotion Olmec told of hideous battles fought in black corridors, of ambushes on twisting stairs, and red butcheries. Red Nails "Olmec will move against the enemy tomorrow, I believe." Red Nails Olmec spoke further, of dark and mysterious matters, of black magic and wizardry conjured out of the black night of the catacombs, of weird creatures invoked out of darkness for horrible allies. Red Nails The princess seemed not to hear what Olmec was saying. Red Nails Others believe the Olmec may have destroyed their own monuments upon the death of their rulers. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Olmec sat motionless, a gray pallor growing under his swarthy skin. Red Nails Olmec started to his feet, an image of stunned amazement, and a low gasp of awe or terror breathed up from the others. Red Nails He was the god Olmec worshipped; and Olmec fed human sacrifices to him, the very old and the very young, bound and hurled from the wall. Red Nails So that was Olmec's game, having first used the strangers to destroy his foes! Red Nails Though they showed traces of Olmec influence, the Zapotec built a unique civilization. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Olmec would be expecting him to return by the same route he had followed in going to Xotalanc. Red Nails "Who are these people?" asked Olmec, and his voice was like the low, deep rumble of a distant bull. Red Nails Without a word Olmec balled his free hand into a huge fist and stretched the wounded warrior senseless at his feet. Red Nails "Your guest does not like your wine, Olmec," spoke a cool, sardonic voice. Red Nails Although both the Zapotec and Olmec civilizations eventually collapsed, each culture influenced the Mesoamerican civilizations that followed. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If Conan was a figure out of the dawn of Time, Olmec was a shambling, somber shape from the darkness of Time's pre-dawn. Red Nails Olmec shook his head, not in disbelief but in wonder. Red Nails Olmec turned and stalked on ahead of him, one hand twitching slightly as it plucked at his matted beard. Red Nails "This stair is built within the wall," said Olmec. Red Nails In addition, future Mesoamerican societies copied the Olmec pattern of urban design. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "And we can never leave the city," said Olmec. Red Nails Olmec may have set an ambush for your return! Red Nails For hell had burst loose in the throne room of dead Olmec. Red Nails "You have come from afar," said Olmec at last. Red Nails The Olmec also left behind the notions of planned ceremonial centers, ritual ball games, and an elite ruling class. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Olmec indicated another man whose injuries were slight. Red Nails Only twenty-one, counting Olmec, had survived that fiendish battle in the throne room. Red Nails They had come into a square guardroom, like that behind the Eagle Door of Tecuhltli, and, similarly, a hall ran away from it to a broad chamber that was a counterpart of Olmec's throne room. Red Nails Olmec lurched up with a roar, and stood swaying like a bear, his mighty hands clenching and unclenching. Red Nails And while there is no clear evidence that the Olmec used a written language, their descendants or a related people carved out stone symbols that may have influenced later glyph writing. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z An understanding flame of terror rose in Olmec's eyes. Red Nails Prince Olmec," spoke Techotl, bowing low, with arms outspread and the palms of his hands turned upward, "I bring allies from the world beyond the forest. Red Nails In the swift rage roused by that cry, and the amazement of wondering what peril could wring such a shriek from Valeria's reckless lips, Conan forgot Olmec. Red Nails The barbarian's neck and shoulder felt numb from the sledge-like impact of Olmec's huge fist, which had carried all the strength of the massive forearm, thick triceps and great shoulder. Red Nails As the Zapotec and Olmec flourished and then declined, civilizations were also taking shape in South America. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Olmec, naked but for a breech-clout, was fighting before his throne, and as the adventurers entered, Tascela ran from an inner chamber with a sword in her hand. Red Nails "How you won through the forest is a wonder to me," quoth Olmec. Red Nails Olmec hurried on down the corridor, and descended a winding ivory staircase. Red Nails Olmec did not bother to voice his belief that Conan's own gullet had already been severed according to his whispered command. Red Nails Thus, like the Olmec in Mesoamerica, the Chavín may have acted as a “mother culture” in South America. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Beads of sweat stood out suddenly on Olmec's brow. Red Nails Olmec turned with a snarl, shifting the woman to an uncomfortable and certainly undignified position under one huge arm, where he held her writhing and kicking vainly, like a child. Red Nails "Loose me!" urged Olmec, "I will tell you all!" Red Nails Valeria thought she had tasted the ultimate in humiliation already that night, but her shame at being manhandled by Olmec was nothing to the sensations that now shook her supple frame. Red Nails They took on Olmec influences, blending these with local customs. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Olmec laughs, but I know Tolkemec's ghost dwells in the catacombs! Red Nails Olmec came through the litter, looking like a ghoul with his naked massive shoulders splashed with blood, and his black beard dabbled in crimson. Red Nails She was rewarded by a slap that half stunned her, and Olmec quickened his pace to a shambling run. Red Nails Olmec stiffened; fear grew in his flaming eyes. Red Nails |
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