One of the first Mesoamerican people, Olmec inhabited the tropical lowlands in south-central Mexico. The first signs of Olmec about 1400 BC in the town of San Lorenzo, the completion of the major Olmec centers are supported by two others, Tenochtitlan and Potrero Nuevo.
Olmec civilization was the master builder with each of the major sites contain ceremonial court, house mounds, pyramids and cones of the stone monuments, including colossal heads that make them are well known civilization.
Olmec civilization is very dependent on trade, both among the Olmec different regions and with other Mesoamerican societies.
Because they are one of the earliest Mesoamerican cultures and the most advanced at that time, they are often regarded as the mother culture of various other Mesoamerican cultures.
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