Many Mysteries Lie in the Olmec Civilization

These are ridges made in wetlands separated by waterways. This is a way to irrigate plants. The next wonderful website, San Lorenzo, was built. This place is known for the big basalt head called "Olmec Heads". There are also 2 rows of artificial ponds including fountains and drains, there may be sculptures around. "Main drain pipe" seems to be made of 30 tons of basalt. This dallin flows into a basin called a bird. Probably for ceremonial purposes.

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In all the civilizations lost in Central America, Olmec's civilization is the oldest and most mysterious civilization. We do not know very little about Olmec - this is a mysterious culture that many people regard as the mother's home country of Central America and builds the foundation for Central American cultural tradition. Traditionally they began between 1400 BC and 1200 BC and Olmec discovered in ElManatí's Preclassic Shrine near San Larenzo is still "at least" still going back to 1600 - 1500 BC It was discovered. The roots of Olmec seems to be in the early agricultural culture which started from 5100 BC to 4600 BC.

The ancient civilization of Central America included Olmec and Maya. A complex culture began to be formed between 2000 and 300 BC, and in Central America many cultures such as Olmec, Isa Pa, Teotihuacan, Maya, Sapotec, Mixtech, Wastech, etc. have matured and contact with Europeans began It was. It will be about 4, 000 years. Advances in these civilizations include the pyramids - temples, mathematics, astronomy, medicine and theology. Zapotec appeared around 1500 BC. They left the great city Monte Alban. Their writing system is believed to have influenced Olmec, but recent evidence suggests that Olmec may be the first civilization that independently developed a true writing system in this area. At the moment it is controversial whether the symbol of Olmec in 650 BC was written before the oldest Sapotk in around 500 BC.

La Venta fell around 400 BC. The Olmec civilization disappeared. The big city Olmec was swallowed by the jungle and could not be seen for thousands of years. Why is Olmec a bit mysterious? Because Olmec relies on some basic crops it may be climate change and climate change may affect their harvest. Human behavior such as war, excessive cultivation, deforestation can also contribute to its decline. After the collapse of La Venta, the center of the so-called Epoolemic civilization became the city Torres-Sapotes which prospered for a while after La Venta. Tres Zapotes' epiolmak people are also talented artists who developed concepts such as writing systems and calendars.