Olmec: References & Edit History
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Books explaining aspects of Olmec culture include Richard A. Diehl, The Olmecs: America’s First Civilization (2004); Susan Toby Evans, Ancient Mexico & Central America: Archaeology and Culture History, 2nd ed. (2008); John E. Clark and Mary E. Pye (eds.), Olmec Art and Archaeology in Mesoamerica (2000, reissued with a new preface 2006); Amber M. VanDerwarker, Farming, Hunting, and Fishing in the Olmec World (2006); and Christopher A. Pool, Olmec Archaeology and Early Mesoamerica (2006). Also revealing is Carolyn E. Tate, Reconsidering Olmec Visual Culture: The Unborn, Women, and Creation (2012). Exhibition catalogues with highly useful essays include Michael D. Coe, The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership (1995); Elizabeth P. Benson, Beatriz de la Fuente, and Marcia Castro-Leal (eds.), Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico (1996); and Kathleen Berrin and Virginia M. Fields (eds.), Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico (2010).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: eHRAF Archaeology - Olmec. | Oct 27, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: eHRAF Archaeology - Olmec. | Jun 27, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: VIVA's Pressbooks - History of Art: Prehistoric to Gothic - Ancient Mexico: The Olmec (c. 1500-400 BCE). | Feb 14, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Olmec Civilization. | Oct 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Olmec: Masterworks of ancient Mexico (PDF). | Sep 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Harvard University - Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology - Video: The Dawn of Olmec Civilization. | Jan 25, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Western Oregon University - Olmecs: Where the Sidewalk Begins. | Sep 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - The Olmec and Their Contemporaries. | Sep 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - The Olmecs: Mesoamerican Mother Culture of Colossal Heads and Giant Mysteries. | Mar 09, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - 1200 to 100 BC - Olmec. | Jan 25, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - The Olmec. | Dec 16, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Olmec Civilization. | Jul 05, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | May 02, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - The Olmec. | Apr 26, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: KidsPast.com - The Olmecs. | Mar 03, 2017 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Apr 27, 2015 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Apr 27, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Kidipede History for Kids - Olmec. | Nov 14, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Olmec Civilization. | Jan 19, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - History of the Olmec Civilization. | Aug 07, 2013 | ||
| Bibliography updated. | Aug 11, 2011 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised and updated. | Aug 11, 2011 | ||
| Added image of an Olmec ceramic figure, 12th–9th century BCE, and of an Olmec jadeite mask, 10th–6th century BCE, both from Mexico. | Oct 01, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Olmec Indians. | Oct 22, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Biography of Newt Gingrich. | Jan 22, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Minnesota State University - Olmec. | Jan 22, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Native Americans - Olmec. | Nov 11, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 26, 2006 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Apr 04, 2006 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 04, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 04, 1999 |