Tres Zapotes
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Tres Zapotes is a Mesoamerican archaeological site located in the south-central Gulf Lowlands of Mexico in the Papaloapan River plain. Tres Zapotes is sometimes referred to as the third major Olmec ca
A vessel from Tres Zapotes' Epi-Olmec period, 300 BCE to 250 CE.
The back of Stela C The bars and circles show the Mesoamerican Long Count date of 7.16.6.16.18. The glyphs surrounding the date are one of the few surviving examples of Epi-Olmec script.
Olmec heartland
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The Olmec heartland is the southern portion of Mexico's Gulf Coast region between the Tuxtla mountains and the Olmec archaeological site of La Venta, extending roughly 80 km inland from the Gulf of Me
The Wrestler, an Olmec era statuette, 1200 - 800 BCE. Art historian George Kubler finds that "the spiraling motion of the body, the multiplicity of profile, the coherent muscles, and the expressive estraint of the work set it apart as among the great works of sculpture of all ages". Michael Coe finds it "one of the supreme examples of Olmec art".
