Olmec heartland

E682895
cultural region historical region

The Olmec heartland is the core region along Mexico’s Gulf Coast where the Olmec civilization first developed its major ceremonial centers, art, and early Mesoamerican cultural innovations.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Olmec heartland canonical 2
Gulf Coast Olmec sites 1
Olmec archaeological heritage 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWith Olmec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains La Venta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laguna de los Cerros NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tres Zapotes NERFINISHED ⓘ
major Olmec ceremonial centers ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culture Olmec culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime circa 400 BCE ⓘ
flourishedDuring Early Formative period ⓘ
Middle Formative period NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSignificance early development of complex chiefdoms ⓘ
early long-distance trade networks ⓘ
origin area of many pan-Mesoamerican symbols ⓘ
influenced Maya civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zapotec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
central Mexican highland cultures ⓘ
later Mesoamerican civilizations ⓘ
knownFor colossal stone heads ⓘ
complex iconography ⓘ
early Mesoamerican cultural innovations ⓘ
early calendar-related practices ⓘ
early writing-like symbols ⓘ
major ceremonial centers ⓘ
monumental stone sculpture ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Gulf Coast of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity state of Tabasco NERFINISHED ⓘ
state of Veracruz NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialCulture basalt monuments ⓘ
ceremonial architecture ⓘ
jade artifacts ⓘ
partOf Olmec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion early Mesoamerican ritual practices ⓘ
jaguar-related iconography ⓘ
startTime circa 1500 BCE ⓘ
studiedBy Mesoamerican archaeologists ⓘ
terrainFeature coastal wetlands ⓘ
lowland tropical environment ⓘ
riverine plains ⓘ
timePeriod Formative period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
traversedBy Coatzacoalcos River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grijalva River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Papaloapan River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tres Zapotes → partOf → Olmec heartland ⓘ
Laguna de los Cerros → partOf → Olmec heartland ⓘ
Great Pyramid → belongsTo → Olmec heartland ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Pyramid at La Venta
this entity surface form: Olmec archaeological heritage
Colossal Heads → associatedWith → Olmec heartland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olmec ceremonial centers
Epi-Olmec culture → sharesTraditionWith → Olmec heartland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf Coast Olmec sites
Zoque → culturalSphere → Olmec heartland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olmec cultural sphere