Along with the sites of San Lorenzo and La Venta, Tres Zapotes was one of the great capitals of the Olmec culture, which emerged by 1200 B.C. as one of the first societies in Mesoamerica organized ...

They were often offered for the construction of public plazas and monuments at Olmec sites and in other regions of Mesoamerica." The axes were used for practical tasks such as chopping wood and ...

Under former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who in October was replaced by Claudia Sheinbaum, 14,000 artefacts were ...

Mesoamerican civilizations like the Maya and ... and the arts, while the Olmecs of Mexico are known for their colossal stone ...