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Jan. 13, 2009
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Olmec exhibit at LACMA
Jan. 10, 2010
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Jan. 3, 2010
World & Nation
A carved monolith unearthed in Mexico may show that the Olmec civilization, one of the oldest in the Americas, was more widespread than thought or that another culture thrived alongside it 3,000 years ago.
May 13, 2006
Archeologists digging in Copalillo, Mexico, in the remote mountains southwest of Cuernavaca, have unearthed the earliest stone buildings found so far on the North American continent, along with a monumental carved stone head.
May 4, 1986
Mexican seal is dated to 650 BC. Find suggests Olmec may have been area’s ‘mother’ culture.
Dec. 6, 2002
Evidence from pottery shards found in Mexico indicates that the Olmec were not the region’s sole wellspring of civilization.
Aug. 2, 2005
Tablet of 62 characters dates to about 1000 BC. It’s the first text clearly tied to puzzling culture.
Sept. 15, 2006
Powerful sculptures from the ancient Olmec culture of Central America burst to life in a visually stunning exhibition at the National Gallery of Art.
July 7, 1996
A 2,500-year-old city influenced by the Olmecs -- often referred to as the “mother culture” of Mesoamerica -- has been discovered in Mexico, hundreds of miles away from the Olmecs’ Gulf Coast territory, archeologists said Wednesday.
Jan. 27, 2007