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- Ancient Agrarian Societies: Mesoamerica—Olmec and Chavín de Huántar
Early agrarian societies in Mesoamerica developed largely along river valleys Mesoamericans, such as the Olmec and those at Chavín de Huántar, exerted cultural and political power
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The Olmec cultivated a variety of crops including maize, cotton, squash, beans, sweet potatoes, manioc, and rubber The Olmec society was one of the first to discover how to extract the sap and juice of the rubber tree to create a useful substance that could be stretched and bounced
- Olmec Colossal Heads (article) - Khan Academy
The Olmec of the Mexican Gulf Coast are perhaps best known today for their tradition of large-scale stone sculptures These are among the earliest sculpted artworks in the ancient Americas found north of the Andes, dating to approximately 1600–350 B C E
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This Indigenous American origin story is deeply connected to nature and tells of the ailing daughter of a chief and the animals who helped her form the Earth
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In the Zulu story, the ancestors of all plants, animals, and humanity began from a single source
- The Olmec | Ancient civilizations (article) | Khan Academy
Appearing around 1600 BCE, the Olmec were among the first Mesoamerican complex societies, and their culture influenced many later civilizations, like the Maya The Olmec are known for the immense stone heads they carved from a volcanic rock called basalt
- The Maya, an introduction (article) | Maya | Khan Academy
Periods in Maya history Historians divide Maya history into three periods: Pre-Classic: 1000 B C E -250 C E Classic: 250-900 C E Post-Classic: 900-1521 C E The Classic Period is divided into Early Classic: 250-550 C E and Late Classic: 600-900 C E During the early Classic Period, the Maya had built only a few cities in Mesoamerica
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Items buried in offerings included ceramic vessels, stone sculptures, obsidian blades, seashells, greenstone, and objects gathered from earlier locales (like Olmec sites and the city of Teotihuacan)
- Indigenous Americas | AP®︎ College Art History | Khan Academy
Ancient Mesoamerica encompassed what are now Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and western Honduras, from 15,000 BCE to 1521 CE Three major distinct cultures and styles of Ancient Mesoamerica (Middle America) were the Olmec, Maya, and Mexica (also known as Aztec) © 2020 College Board
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