TY - BOOK
T1 - Olmec archaeology and early Mesoamerica
AU - Pool, Christopher A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Cambridge University Press 2007.
PY - 2007/1/1
Y1 - 2007/1/1
N2 - Between 1500 and 500 BC the Olmecs flourished in the tropical lowlands of Mexico's Gulf Coast, creating the most complex of Mesoamerica's early societies and its first monumental art. Emphasising the strategies of political leaders and the environmental and social diversity within the Olmec region, this up-to-date and comprehensive study describes the history of Olmec research, synthesises recent scholarship on the ecology, economy, socio-political organisation and ideology of Olmec society, and evaluates current debates over the influence of the Olmecs on their contemporaries and their contributions to later Mesoamerican civilisations.
AB - Between 1500 and 500 BC the Olmecs flourished in the tropical lowlands of Mexico's Gulf Coast, creating the most complex of Mesoamerica's early societies and its first monumental art. Emphasising the strategies of political leaders and the environmental and social diversity within the Olmec region, this up-to-date and comprehensive study describes the history of Olmec research, synthesises recent scholarship on the ecology, economy, socio-political organisation and ideology of Olmec society, and evaluates current debates over the influence of the Olmecs on their contemporaries and their contributions to later Mesoamerican civilisations.
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U2 - 10.1017/CBO9781139167147
DO - 10.1017/CBO9781139167147
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:84931350884
SN - 0521783127
SN - 9780521783125
BT - Olmec archaeology and early Mesoamerica
ER -