#olmecs

[barbucomedie]

Colossal Head from Veracruz, Mexico dated between 1200 - 600 BCE on display at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, Mexico

The Olmecs created such heads as monuments to political or spiritual leaders. The features carved into the stone faces represent an idealised image of them and how they wanted to be seen by the community.

Photographs taken by myself 2024

[a-typical]

"Mesoamerica, long thought to be the precocious child of the Americas, was still confined to the Mesoamerican village during the time we are talking about, and monumental architecture in Peru was a thousand years old when the Olmecs began their enterprise. For the sake of world cultural context, this also means that Peruvian monumental architecture was in place by the time the Painted Pottery culture of neolithic northern China emerged, that it existed before England's Stonehenge was created, and that it was already about a thousand years old when Tutankhamen's body was being embalmed in Egypt." - American Holocaust 

[memories-of-ancients]

The Olmec Legacy

from Ancient Americas

[awnowimsad]

How about an Olmec Miku? :D

I read that the only animals domesticated by the Olmecs was the dog, so I tried drawing a dog, but I have no practice drawing dogs, so he looks like he's seen some shit </3 also idk how to draw boobs lol

I will also reupload Indus Valley Civilization Miku soon enough! I actually posted it and then deleted it because I was self-concious about the quality of my art... orz

Some more details under the cut

The Olmecs were the earliest big civilization in Mesoamerica, in what is nowadays Veracruz and Tabasco in Mexico. They existed around 1200 to 400 BC. They're best known internationally for their colossal head statues.

I don't have as detailed notes this time. I was inspired by Olmec art like these figures

as well as this statue of a woman:

I went for a more green color for her because the Olmecs made many pieces of Jade jewelry

This art by Daniel Parada was also a great source to help interpret the Olmec figures

I dont know how the Olmec's dogs would have looked like, so I drew one based on the Xoloitzcuintle, which is a Mesoamerican dog breed that's been around for a long long time.

As usual this was based on cursory internet searches so don't come to me for historical accuracy 😅 think of it as history-inspired.

[love-me-some-mcog]

Mysterious Cities of Gold S02E23

He's such a crackup

[raw1111official]

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[condor-solaris]

The Olmecs - everyone loves them, despite the fact that they were written on the fly (they say they will treat the heroes the same way the heroes will treat them, then they are the villain of the week), but it doesn't matter. stupid fact - the name Calmec is actually the name of the school of priests among the Aztecs.

[barbucomedie]

Monument of La Venta from Tabasco, Mexico dated between 1300 - 400 BCE on display National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, Mexico

The character is wearing a snake costume, an important character related to the Olmec religion in Mesoamerica. It is often considered the first representation of the snake, a symbol for water and fertilised earth.

Photographs taken by myself 2024

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Moors, Olmes & Atlanteans: Unraveling Ancient Mysteries

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[love-me-some-mcog]

Mysterious Cities of Gold S01E36

They taste like bald chicken

[americaisthetrueoldworld]

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[garblana]

Black Inventors

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Height 3 1/2 inches (9 cm).

Olmec celt (jade, circa 1100-600 BC)

from here