1. Ancient Aztec, Olmec, And Mesoamerica By History Link 101 history Link 101 s ancient Aztec, olmec, and Mesoamerican page connectsyou to the best of Art, Daily Life, Maps, Pictures, and Research. http://www.historylink101.com/1/aztec/ancient_aztec.htm

Ancient Aztec, Olmec, History Link 101's Ancient Aztec, Olmec, and Mesoamerican page connects you to the best of Art, Daily Life, Maps, Pictures, and Research. Aztec Architecture Aztec Calendar Aztec Religion and Mythology Olmec Architecture Mesoamerican Ballgame Aztec and Mixtec Art Olmec Sculpture Mesoamerican Sculpture Additional Art sites Teothihuacan Pictures Aztec Calendar Pictures Toltec Sculpture Olmec Colossal Head Mesoamerican Photo Galleries Aztec Interactive Map Aztec Maps Olmec Maps General Maps of Mesoamerica Quetalcoatl Aztec History Olmec History Timelines of Mesoamerica Other Mesoamerican Sites Search this site powered by FreeFind Sign and View our Guest Book Join our Mailing List Other Picture Galleries New- Pictures of Turkey China Egypt Greece ... Mesoamerican Includes large section of royalty free pictures for educators. History Link 101 Home Site Map Awards Advertise With Us ... About the Author Background and Clip Art graphics by Corel Family of Products for viewing only. Site best viewed using 800 X 600 screen resoulution.

2. Ancient History Links MesoAmerican scripts includes olmec and Mayan; Inuktitut script Alexander the Great;ancient Art-has maps, pictures of vases by time period, history of Fertile http://killeenroos.com/link/anchist.htm

Ancient Civilizations More Asia links More African links More MesoAmerican links back to social studies link index ... Aeneid-Vergil's -The Legend of Aeneas and the Foundation of Rome an explanation also hypertexted version Ankhesenamun: Princess of Amarna /Queen of Destiny - Poignant biography of the Princess/Queen Ankhesenpaaten/Ankhesenamun -wife of the pharaoh Tutankhamun. Also features extensive Amarna book and link study resources, and a Galleria of Amarna art images. Argos - Search the Ancient World African - NUBIAN EXHIBITION: BROCHURE African Pottery Forming-Virtual Slide Show African Empires Ancient Contacts Between India And Greece @ The Aryan Pages ... African Outline with links - Web Chronolgy web site includes Nok, Kush, and Egypt Alphabets - Ancient development and connections - has a graphic organizer that shows the family tree of various alphabets and their links to each other from alphabets of the Middle East and connections to the Phoneican Ancient Scripts by region - Fertile Crescent, Africa, Europe, India, the Americas, Far East MesoAmerican scripts - includes Olmec and Mayan Inuktitut script - script which includes consonants (writing of the Eskimo) Alexander the Great Ancient Art has maps, pictures, study of vases by time period, history of Fertile Crescent, Greece and other civilizations. Very extensive.

3. Ancient Maya History ancient Mayan history THE ancient MAYA. Tired of Reading Meanwhile, the olmec culture was developing in southern Mexico. The olmec is viewed as the "mother http://www.mayaparadise.com/mayabege.htm

Home Messages Search Site Map ... Info THE ANCIENT MAYA Tired of Reading? Sit back and relax. Listen to this Page! (It may take a few seconds to start your media player) If you don't have Winamp, download it here Get the Best! Add narration to your Web pages The story of the Maya begins during the Fourth Ice Age about 60,000 years ago. At this time the earth's ice caps were much larger than today, glaciers extended as far south as the central United States and no tropical climate existed anywhere on our planet. The so-called tropics were covered with savannah and grassland. So much water was trapped in the ice caps that the level of the sea was lower than today and a land bridge about 1,000 miles wide connecting Asia and North America at the Bering Strait was exposed. The first humans to inhabit the Americas came across this land bridge. At first, travel south was impeded by vast walls of ice but gradually, as the ice melted, people began to spread south. It is believed the first humans reached Central America about 15,000 years ago. The first identifiable culture, Clovis, existed around 10,000 BC. Some stone tools dating back to 9,000 BC have been found in Guatemala. Around this time, the Fourth Ice Age was drawing to a close and the climate was gradually warming up enabling humans to begin eating more plants and less meat. This change was underway around 8,000 BC.

4. Internet Public Library: Prehistoric And Ancient History Social Sciences Prehistoric and ancient history. This collection. All of the IPL is devoted to ancient Mesoamerica and its cultures the olmec, Maya, Aztec, Teotihuacano, Toltec http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum30.02.10

dqmcodebase = "/javascript/" Subject Collections Business Computers Education ... Prehistoric and Ancient History This collection All of the IPL Advanced Resources in this category: You can also view Magazines Associations on the Net under this heading. About.com: Ancient/Classical History http://ancienthistory.about.com/ Alcove 9: Classical and Medieval History http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/alcove9/classics.html The Library of Congress's annotated list of reference websites for classical and medieval history. The Ancient Greek World http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/ Virtual gallery from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology highlighting artifacts from everyday life in ancient Greece. "The artifacts you will see here tell a vivid story of life in ancient Greece. The text expands on this story, and together they create in detail an interpretation of how Greek art and material culture add to the written record and expand our understanding of daily life in ancient times. The Ancient Olympics http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/index.html This site uses information from the Perseus Project, a digital library on ancient Greece to exhibit information about the ancient Olympics. It includes comparisons between ancient and modern sports, ancient artwork with themes relevant to the games, and information about Olympic athletes who were famous in ancient times. Ancient Roman Technology http://www.unc.edu/courses/rometech/public/content/art_home.html

5. Ancient Civilizations Search the Library Catalog. ancient history. Prehistoric Peoples. ancient Egypt world and the history of this ancient ball game in nine cultures including the olmec, Maya, Toltec, and http://www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/libraries/elementary/ancient.html

Chico KidLinks: Web Searching for Students Search the Library Catalog Ancient History Prehistoric Peoples Ancient Egypt Mesopotamia Aztec, Maya, Inca ... Ancient Asia Ancient History (General) The Ancient World Web An Internet resource guide to the ancient world. Daily Life in Ancient Civilizations Daily life in ancient Egypt, Greece, China, India, Rome, and U.S. Pacific Coast Indians. Exploring Ancient World Cultures Eight ancient world cultures are explored at this college-level site: Ancient Near East ; Ancient India ; Ancient Egypt ; Ancient China ; Ancient Greece ; Ancient Rome ; Early Islamic World ; and Medieval Europe. Odyssey Online Odyssey Online explores Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and sub-Saharan African cultures through museum artifacts, puzzles, games, and artifacts. Isidore-of-Seville.com. A collection of links to websites about Ancient and Medieval Civilizations. How did ancient architects and engineers design and erect the medieval war machines known as trebuchets? construct Egyptian obelisks? The Easter Island stone monoliths called moais? Roman baths? The rainbow bridges of ancient China? Near East Explore the cradle of civilization.

6. Mayan History in America, both based on the olmec s versions As usual with ancient nations, it isdifficult in the beginning to separate myth from history, their earliest http://www.crystalinks.com/mayanhistory.html

MAYAN HISTORY The Maya are probably the best-known of the classical civilizations of Mesoamerica. Originating in the Yucatan around 2600 B.C., they rose to prominence around A.D. 250 in present-day southern Mexico, Guatemala, western Honduras, El Salvador, and northern Belize. Building on the inherited inventions and ideas of earlier civilizations such as the Olmec, the Mayans developed astronomy, calendrical systems and hieroglyphic writing. The Mayans were noted as well for elaborate and highly decorated ceremonial architecture, including temple-pyramids, palaces and observatories, all built without metal tools. They were also skilled farmers, clearing large sections of tropical rain forest and, where groundwater was scarce, building sizeable underground reservoirs for the storage of rainwater. The Mayans were equally skilled as weavers and potters, and cleared routes through jungles and swamps to foster extensive trade networks with distant peoples. Many people believe that the ancestors of the Mayans crossed the Bering Strait at least 20,000 years ago. They were nomadic hunter-gatherers. Evidence of settled habitation in Mexico is found in the Archaic period 5000-1500 BC - corn cultivation, basic pottery and stone tools. The first true civilization was established with the rise of the Olmecs in the Pre-Classic period 1500 BC -300 AD. The Olmecs settled on the Gulf Coast, and little is known about them.

7. Homework Center - Ancient & Classic Cultures The Multnomah County Library Homework Center organizes over 3500 carefully reviewed K12 education and homework help resources for students, teachers, media specialists, and librarians. http//www.julen.net/ancient/ history on ancient worlds listed by continent. the Aztec, Toltec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Zapotec and olmec cultures and some of their archaeological sites. http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/anchsthc.html

School Corps Library Catalog Library Databases Ask Us! Online ... Ancient Scripts and Languages http://www.ancientscripts.com/ This site provides information on ancient languages, such as the language family and pronunciation, as well as the written characters of any ancient language you can imagine. Ancient World Web: Geography Index http://www.julen.net/ancient/ History on ancient worlds listed by continent. Collapse: Why Do Civilizations Fall? http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/ With hands-on activities, color images, and text, this site explores theories as to why civilizations end. Focuses on the Mayans, the ancient city of Copan, Mesopotamia and more. HyperHistory: 3000 Years of World History http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html A clickable chart of people and events throughout human history. Take a look! Images From History http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/noframes.html An archive of photos illustrating artifacts, cave and rock art, and architecture from various ancient cultures and periods. Museums of Ancient Inventions http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/hsclist.htm

8. Ancient History Dynasty. olmec civilization in Mexico—stone monuments; picture writing. Relatedcontent from HighBeam Research on ancient history. UCLA http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001198.html

HOTWORDS CITE PRINT EMAIL in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Home Almanacs Atlas Encyclopedia ... Father's Day Infoplease Tools Periodic Table Conversion Tool Perpetual Calendar Year by Year ... Site Map Career Center Job Search Post Your Resume Continuing Ed. more . . . Also from Infoplease Search Infoplease Info search tips Search Biographies Bio search tips History and Government World History Ancient History Before Christ (B.C.) or Before the Common Era (B.C.E.) B.C. World History Some Ancient Civilizations Ra, Egyptian Sun God B.C. See also Egyptian Mythology The Great Pyramid at Giza (c. 2680 B.C. Kim Storm B.C. Peter F. Harrington Pythagoras B.C. Buddha B.C. B.C. B.C. See also Greek and Roman Mythology Tina Diodati Plato B.C. Augustus Caesar B.C. A.D. Mayan Hieroglyphics (c. 200 B.C. Pantheon in Rome(27 B.C. ; c. A.D. See also Greek and Roman Mythology Elaine Ouellette 4.5 billion B.C. Planet Earth formed. 3 billion B.C. First signs of primeval life (bacteria and blue-green algae) appear in oceans. 600 million B.C. Earliest date to which fossils can be traced. 4.4 million

9. Ancient History civilization develops under Shang Dynasty. olmec civilization in Mexicostone monuments; picture writing Exalted Sits the Chief The ancient history of Hawai'i Island.(Book Review http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0772314.html

HOTWORDS CITE PRINT EMAIL in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Home Almanacs Atlas Encyclopedia ... Father's Day Infoplease Tools Periodic Table Conversion Tool Perpetual Calendar Year by Year ... Site Map Career Center Job Search Post Your Resume Continuing Ed. more . . . Also from Infoplease Search Infoplease Info search tips Search Biographies Bio search tips History and Government World History Ancient History Before Christ (B.C.) or Before the Common Era (B.C.E.) B.C. World History Some Ancient Civilizations Ra, Egyptian Sun God B.C. See also Egyptian Mythology The Great Pyramid at Giza (c. 2680 B.C. Kim Storm B.C. Peter F. Harrington Pythagoras B.C. Buddha B.C. B.C. B.C. See also Greek and Roman Mythology Tina Diodati Plato B.C. Augustus Caesar B.C. A.D. Mayan Hieroglyphics (c. 200 B.C. Pantheon in Rome(27 B.C. ; c. A.D. See also Greek and Roman Mythology Elaine Ouellette 4.5 billion B.C. Planet Earth formed. 3 billion B.C. First signs of primeval life (bacteria and blue-green algae) appear in oceans. 600 million B.C. Earliest date to which fossils can be traced. 4.4 million

10. Homework Center - Ancient & Classic Cultures about the Aztec, Toltec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Zapotec and olmec cultures and http//www.arwhead.com/Greeks/Culture, people, and history of ancient Greece. http://www.multcolib.org/homework/anchsthc.html

School Corps Library Catalog Library Databases Ask Us! Online ... Ancient Scripts and Languages http://www.ancientscripts.com/ This site provides information on ancient languages, such as the language family and pronunciation, as well as the written characters of any ancient language you can imagine. Ancient World Web: Geography Index http://www.julen.net/ancient/ History on ancient worlds listed by continent. Collapse: Why Do Civilizations Fall? http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/ With hands-on activities, color images, and text, this site explores theories as to why civilizations end. Focuses on the Mayans, the ancient city of Copan, Mesopotamia and more. HyperHistory: 3000 Years of World History http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html A clickable chart of people and events throughout human history. Take a look! Images From History http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/noframes.html An archive of photos illustrating artifacts, cave and rock art, and architecture from various ancient cultures and periods. Museums of Ancient Inventions http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/hsclist.htm

11. Timelines Of The Ancient Olmec. Timelines of the ancient olmec. ancient American Civilizations Mesoamerica Fleshingout some of the history of Mexico Table comparing events in Mexico, Europe http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/olmectimelines/

zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About History Ancient / Classical History Timelines / Dynasty - When? Olmec Timelines Home Essentials Site Map - Start Here! Atlas - Myths - Timelines ... Trojan War Hero Achilles - Troy zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); Atlas and Places - Where? Ancient Greece - Greek Ancient Rome - Romans ANE Egypt Persia Israel... ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Stay Current Subscribe to the About Ancient / Classical History newsletter. Search Ancient / Classical History Timelines - Olmec Timelines Timelines of the Ancient Olmec. Alphabetical Recent Up a category Mesoamerica Timeline The chronology of Mesoamerica is divided into a Pre Classic Period, a Classic Period, and a Post Classic Period. Mesoamerica Timeline Pre-Classic, Post-Classic and Classic periods of Mesoamerica. Ancient American Civilizations - Mesoamerica Fleshing out some of the other Mesoamerican timelines, University of Kansas' John W. Hoopes explains what happened during the Paleoindian, Archaic, Preclassic, Protoclassic, Classic, Epiclassic, and Postclassic periods. Central America Timeline - Web Chronology Project A timeline of events in Central America from 12000 B.C. to 1800 A.D.

12. Timelines Of The Ancient Olmec. Search. ancient / Classical history, Timelines olmec Timelines. Timelinesof the ancient olmec. Articles Resources. Sort By Guide http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/olmectimelines/

zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About History Ancient / Classical History Timelines / Dynasty - When? Olmec Timelines Home Essentials Site Map - Start Here! Atlas - Myths - Timelines ... Trojan War Hero Achilles - Troy zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); Atlas and Places - Where? Ancient Greece - Greek Ancient Rome - Romans ANE Egypt Persia Israel... ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Stay Current Subscribe to the About Ancient / Classical History newsletter. Search Ancient / Classical History Timelines - Olmec Timelines Timelines of the Ancient Olmec. Alphabetical Recent Up a category Mesoamerica Timeline The chronology of Mesoamerica is divided into a Pre Classic Period, a Classic Period, and a Post Classic Period. Mesoamerica Timeline Pre-Classic, Post-Classic and Classic periods of Mesoamerica. Ancient American Civilizations - Mesoamerica Fleshing out some of the other Mesoamerican timelines, University of Kansas' John W. Hoopes explains what happened during the Paleoindian, Archaic, Preclassic, Protoclassic, Classic, Epiclassic, and Postclassic periods. Central America Timeline - Web Chronology Project A timeline of events in Central America from 12000 B.C. to 1800 A.D.

13. Ancient History develops under Shang Dynasty. olmec civilization in Mexicostone monuments; picture writing Manila Bulletin)ancient history IN THE NEW WORLD INTEGRATING ORAL TRADITIONS AND http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/id/A0772314.html

HOTWORDS CITE PRINT EMAIL in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Home Almanacs Atlas Encyclopedia ... Father's Day Infoplease Tools Periodic Table Conversion Tool Perpetual Calendar Year by Year ... Site Map Career Center Job Search Post Your Resume Continuing Ed. more . . . Also from Infoplease Search Infoplease Info search tips Search Biographies Bio search tips History and Government World History Ancient History Before Christ (B.C.) or Before the Common Era (B.C.E.) B.C. World History Some Ancient Civilizations Ra, Egyptian Sun God B.C. See also Egyptian Mythology The Great Pyramid at Giza (c. 2680 B.C. Kim Storm B.C. Peter F. Harrington Pythagoras B.C. Buddha B.C. B.C. B.C. See also Greek and Roman Mythology Tina Diodati Plato B.C. Augustus Caesar B.C. A.D. Mayan Hieroglyphics (c. 200 B.C. Pantheon in Rome(27 B.C. ; c. A.D. See also Greek and Roman Mythology Elaine Ouellette 4.5 billion B.C. Planet Earth formed. 3 billion B.C. First signs of primeval life (bacteria and blue-green algae) appear in oceans. 600 million B.C. Earliest date to which fossils can be traced. 4.4 million

14. A Classical Maya News Report--World History/Ancient History Lesson Plan (grades people could understand the ancient hieroglyphic writing 912 Subject area Worldhistory Standard Understands Understands the framework of olmec society and http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/mayanewsreport/

Grades K-5 Grades 6-8 Grades 9-12 Astronomy/Space ... Health History Ancient History U.S. History World History Life Science Animals Ecology Human Body The Microscopic World ... Weather For our newsletter and special teacher promotions. 9-12 > World History Grade level: 9-12 Subject: World History Duration: Three class periods Objectives Materials Procedures Adaptations ... Credit Find a video description, video clip, and discussion questions. In Search of the Maya Use our free online Teaching Tools to create custom worksheets, puzzles and quizzes on this topic! Students will understand the following: The relationships between Maya city-states during the classical period What archaeologists can teach us about an ancient civilization For this lesson, you will need: pens, pencils, and markers scissors paper paints, glue, and tape books and magazine articles about the Maya classical period atlas encyclopedias computer with Internet access video equipment (optional) publishing software (optional) Explain to students that they will explore the ancient civilization of the Maya during the classical period, from A.D. 300 to A.D. 900. This time in Maya civilization was marked by the growth of city-states and by imperial wars between them. Students will then prepare news reports about major events of this period. Events might include a great war planned for a special astronomical date or the capture of a rival king and his city-state. Explain to students that their news reports may be in the form of a magazine article, with sidebars providing background information; a major newspaper story; or an editorial. Students may also wish to videotape a presentation in the style of a prime-time television news show. Although students are reporting on historical events, they should strive to give their news stories a present-day immediacy.

15. Internet Public Library: South American History http//www.mesoweb.com/ Mesoweb is devoted to ancient Mesoamerica and its culturesthe olmec, Maya, Aztec, Teotihuacano, Toltec, Mixtec, Zapotec, and others. http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum30.80.00/

dqmcodebase = "/javascript/" Subject Collections Business Computers Education ... South American History This collection All of the IPL Advanced Resources in this category: You can also view Magazines Associations on the Net under this heading. Conquistadors http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/ A PBS overview of the conquistadors. Evita Peron Historical Research Foundation http://www.evitaperon.org/ "The goal of the FIHEP is the recovery, historical investigation, and diffusion of the life and works of Senora Maria Eva Duarte de Peron and of her relevant contemporaries." Photos and essays on the life of Evita Peron. Mesoamerican Photo Archives http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~dhixson/ "This site contains full-color photographs of archaeological sites and museums from all over Mexico, complete with extensive captions." Mesoweb http://www.mesoweb.com/ "Mesoweb is devoted to ancient Mesoamerica and its cultures: the Olmec,Maya, Aztec, Teotihuacano, Toltec, Mixtec, Zapotec, and others. Stop infor an update on the Palenque Project, a fascinating archaeologicalexcavation/restoration of an ancient Mayan site." This site includes an encyclopedia of Mesoamerica and a number of multimedia video exhibits. Mesoweb: An Exploration of Mesoamerican Cultures http://www.mesoweb.com/

16. Ancient History 4.5 billion – 1BC World history. 3000–1500 BC The most ancient civilization onthe Indian olmec civilization in Mexico—stone monuments; picture writing. http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001198.html

World and News World History Ancient History Before Christ (B.C.) or Before the Common Era (B.C.E.) B.C. World History Some Ancient Civilizations Ra, Egyptian Sun God B.C. See also Egyptian Mythology The Great Pyramid at Giza (c. 2680 B.C. Kim Storm B.C. Peter F. Harrington Pythagoras B.C. Buddha B.C. B.C. B.C. See also Greek and Roman Mythology Tina Diodati Plato B.C. Augustus Caesar B.C. A.D. Mayan Hieroglyphics (c. 200 B.C. Pantheon in Rome(27 B.C. ; c. A.D. See also Greek and Roman Mythology Elaine Ouellette 4.5 billion B.C. Planet Earth formed. 3 billion B.C. First signs of primeval life (bacteria and blue-green algae) appear in oceans. 600 million B.C. Earliest date to which fossils can be traced. 4.4 million B.C. Earliest known hominid fossils ( Ardipithecus ramidus ) found in Aramis, Ethiopia, 1994. 4.2 million B.C. Australopithecus anamensis found in Lake Turkana, Kenya, 1995. 3.2 million B.C. Australopithecus afarenis 2.5 million B.C. Homo habilis 1.8 million B.C. Homo erectus Australopithecine species. 1.7 million B.C. Homo erectus leaves Africa. B.C.

17. BBC - History - Programmes - Secrets Of The Ancients - The Olmec Heads One of the most extraordinary feats of the ancient olmec was theirmonumental sculptures. The inhabitants of the site of La Venta http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/secrets/secrets_olmec.shtml

Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index FRIDAY 11th June 2004 Text only BBC Homepage History Programmes ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! Secrets of the Ancients The Olmec Stones Over three thousand years ago in the fertile jungles of lowland Mexico the first civilisation in the Americas was born. At the time of the Trojan wars, five hundred years before Rome was founded, the Olmec built great cities with pyramids and ball courts. Olmec objects were traded all over Mexico, even as far as Guatemala. Considered by most archaeologists to be the 'mother culture' of Mexico, the roots of the later Maya and Aztec cultures lie with the Olmec. One of the most extraordinary feats of the ancient Olmec was their monumental sculptures. The inhabitants of the site of La Venta erected huge sculptures, some of which weighed up to 40 tonnes. The most famous of these are the massive stone heads. Believed to be portraits of their leaders, they are over two metres high and sculpted entirely without the help of metal tools. There are thousands of tonnes of stones at the site but, most extraordinarily of all, these sculptures are found in an area where there is no rock available. The area identified as the source of the Olmec boulders lies in the Tuxtla mountains over 160 kilometres away. And between these mountains and La Venta the land is criss-crossed with massive rivers and swamps which would have made the transportation even more difficult. So how did the stones get to La Venta?

18. Ancient Middle America -- University Of Minnesota Duluth Saga Swedish Museum of Natural history; Maya HomePage; Mixtec HomePage. Novelsabout ancient Middle America olmec Colossal Heads ArquelogÍa Mexicana. http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/mawww.html

Ancient Middle America WebSearch Search this Page Enlarge Fonts ... Z Week: Spring 2004 Calendar Home ancientmexico.com map 11 June 2004 Today in History Today in Headlines UM One Stop Course Information Assignments Case Studies ~ Personality Dates / Time Lines Exams / Grades Extra Credit FAQs Grades ~ grading policies MAforum Office Hours, etc Overview Questions ? Requirements Schedules Site Information Site Map Special Facilities Syllabus Table of Contents Texts Time Lines Videos Course Topics Countries Regions Cultures Sites Periods / Stages Maps World Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico (FactBook) Mexico (M of M) Nicaragua States / Countries Prehistoric Sites The World Fact Book Your Nation Country Briefings Useful Web Sites Anth ...News

19. Ancient Middle America -- University Of Minnesota Duluth Dr. Gene J. Paull; olmec Inscriptions Makubwa; olmec Links El Centro College history Department; The olmec World Ritual and http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/maolmec.html

Ancient Middle America WebSearch Search this Page Enlarge Fonts ... Z Week: Spring 2004 Calendar Home ancientmexico.com map 11 June 2004 Today in History Today in Headlines UM One Stop Course Information Assignments Case Studies ~ Personality Dates / Time Lines Exams / Grades Extra Credit FAQs Grades ~ grading policies MAforum Office Hours, etc Overview Questions ? Requirements Schedules Site Information Site Map Special Facilities Syllabus Table of Contents Texts Time Lines Videos Course Topics Countries Regions Cultures Sites Periods / Stages Maps World Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico (FactBook) Mexico (M of M) Nicaragua States / Countries Prehistoric Sites The World Fact Book Your Nation Country Briefings Useful Web Sites Anth ...News

20. Native Americans - Olmec weber.ucsd.edu/~anthclub/olmecs.htm Article about the ancient olmec, what is known www.wsu.edu8000/~dee/CIVAMRCA/olmecS.HTMBrief article about olmec history. http://www.nativeamericans.com/Olmec.htm

Olmec The term denoting the culture of ancient Mexican natives inhabiting the tropical coastal plain of the contemporary states of Veracruz and Tabasco, between 1300 and 400 b.c. The term is also used to refer to contemporaneous groups in highland regions of Mesoamerica (including the states of Oaxaca, Morelos, Guerrero, and the Federal District) who possessed ceramic or sculptural designs similar to those found in the lowlands. The nature of the relationship between the highland and lowland groups remains unclear. The largest and best known Olmec sites are situated along rivers on the coastal plain and include San Lorenzo (1300-900 b.c. ) and Tres Zapotes (1000-400 b.c. ) in Veracruz, and La Venta (1000-600 b.c. ) in Tabasco. At the time of their apogee, these three settlements were probably the most complex ceremonial sites found in Mesoamerica. For this reason, the Olmec are often considered to be the cultura madre (mother culture) of later Mesoamerican civilizations. The Olmec were renowned for their sculpting skills and distinctive motifs, leaving numerous carved stelae, as well as freestanding jade and basalt sculptures. Among the more notable examples are numerous sculptured heads of basalt, weighing as much as 40 tons and standing up to 10 ft (3 m) in height. The basalt used for these carvings came from up to 50 mi (80 km) away and was floated to the riverine settlements on rafts. Earthen platforms and pyramidal mounds were also common features of the settlements. The largest single pyramid, found at La Venta, measures 459 ft (140 m) in diameter and 98 ft (30 m) in height. The Olmec economy centered around agricultural production on fertile floodplains, and was supplemented by fishing and shellfishing. By 400

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