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Preface | |
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Chronological Table | |
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Introduction | |
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Olmec studies: a short history | |
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The Olmec world | |
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Olman in the eyes of the Aztecs | |
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Olman in the eyes of the Spanish conquistadors | |
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Olman's pre-Olmec inhabitants | |
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The origins of Olmec culture: the Ojochi, Bajio, and Chicharras phase (1500-1200 BC) | |
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San Lorenzo's Realm | |
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San Lorenzo's Olmec occupation | |
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San Lorenzo in the tenth century BC | |
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San Lorenzo's Royal Compound | |
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San Lorenzo sculpture | |
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San Lorenzo's Realm | |
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San Lorenzo's contemporaries | |
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San Lorenzo's demise | |
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La Venta's Realm | |
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La Venta's Olmec history | |
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La Venta at its height | |
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La Venta's formal entrances: Complexes D and I | |
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La Venta's Royal Compound | |
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La Venta's hidden sanctuary: Complex A | |
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La Venta sculpture | |
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La Venta as a sacred landscape | |
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La Venta's hinterland | |
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La Venta's contemporaries | |
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La Venta's demise and the end of Olmec culture | |
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Olmec Daily Life and Culture | |
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Olmec villages and hamlets | |
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Diet and subsistence | |
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Technology | |
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Social and political organization | |
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Writing, calendrics, and astronomy | |
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Religion | |
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Religious practitioners | |
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Conclusion | |
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Olmec Art | |
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Monumental sculpture | |
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Colossal Heads | |
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Thrones | |
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Full-figured human and animal sculptures | |
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Stelae | |
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Olmec uses of sculpture | |
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Monument carvings and transport | |
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Greenstone objects | |
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Figurines | |
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Masks | |
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Ornaments and ritual paraphernalia | |
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The Olmecs Abroad: Eastern Mesoamerica | |
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Olmec horizons | |
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The Early Olmec horizon | |
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The Early Olmec horizon outside the Soconusco | |
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The Late Olmec horizon in eastern Mesoamerica | |
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The Olmecs Abroad: Western Mesoamerica | |
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The Basin of Mexico and the Tlatilco culture during the Early Olmec horizon | |
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Life in Tlatilco-culture times | |
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Puebla | |
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Morelos | |
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Guerrero | |
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Cave paintings | |
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Oaxaca | |
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The Late Olmec horizon and Chalcatzingo | |
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Epi-Olmec Culture | |
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Tres Zapotes: Olmec village and Epi-Olmec capital | |
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Epi-Olmec art | |
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Epi-Olmec intellectual achievements: writing, calendrics, and astronomy | |
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The Olmec legacy | |
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Epilogue | |
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Guide to Olmec Sites | |
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Notes to the Text | |
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Further Reading | |
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Sources of Illustrations | |
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Index | |