The first major Indian tribe in Central America was the Olmecs.  The earliest tribe of Olmecs lived on the Caribbean coast, but later spread to southern Mexico.  The...

Here the Olmecs constructed permanent city-temple complexes at several locations, ... It is not known with any clarity what happened to this culture. Their main center at San Lorenzo, was all but

Researchers say that what might have happened was that the Mayan and Huastec languages developed from the Olmecs since the Olmecs were the first of the three.

But this find indicates that the Olmecs' form of written communication led into what became forms of writing for several other cultures," said John Yellen, ... And what happened to the Olmecs?

The writings were produced by the Olmecs, a pre-Mayan civilization, and are estimated to date from 650 B.C. ... And what happened to the Olmecs?

But this find indicates that the Olmecs' form of written communication led into what became forms of writing for several other cultures," said John Yellen, ... And what happened to the Olmecs?

Movie Type: Combat Films, War Drama ... Themes: Race Relations, Great Battles ... What happened in the olmecs glory day?

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The Olmecs for Kids - Who were the Olmec? When was their empire? What happened to them?

At this point you can look at either of two different theories for what happened next.