Here the Olmecs constructed permanent city-temple complexes at several locations, among them San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán, La Venta, Tres Zapotes, Laguna de los Cerros, and La Mojarra.

AFROCENTRIC THEORIES; The Decipherment of the Olmec Writing System; The Nubians and Olmecs; The Olmec Mystery System; They were here before Columbus -Afrocentric Confirmation;

; zoom; The Olmecs; ... This revealed a shocking truth: the Olmecs had a far greater right to be considered the mother culture. ... There is evidence that the Olmecs practiced human sacrifice,

The Olmecs had access to many waterways which were used for fishing and the transportation of people and trade goods.

1976 A Linguistic Look at the Olmecs. American Antiquity 41:80-89. Carlson 1975; Carlson, John A. 1975 Lodestone Compass: Chinese or Olmec Primacy?

The Olmecs were the first great MesoAmerican civilisation and highly influential in the culture such as the Mayans and Aztecs which later developed in this region. ... First published: October 2000.

The authors posit that the Olmecs believed that the human body, itself, and especially that of the ruler, divided itself inot and represented the three cosmic levels: the celestial or heavenly,

What is credited to the Olmecs are the origins of major cultural standards found later on throughout Mesoamerica. These include the calendar, writing, and Quetzalcoatl (possibly).

The first significant civilization to develop in Mesoamerica was that of the Olmecs.

The Olmecs: An African Presence in Early America; [Excerpt from a larger article]; By Paul A. Barton ... Studies done by Clyde Winters show that the Olmecs used the Mende script, a writing system