| Description |
214 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-210) and index. |
| Contents |
The discovery of the Olmecs -- The heart of the Olmec world -- The Olmec expansion: toward the central plateau of Mexico -- The Olmec expansion: toward the Pacific -- The Olmec expansion: The valleys of Oaxaca -- The Olmec expansion: Southeastern Mexico and Central America -- An "Olmec Empire"? -- Some features of Olmec life -- Time and the Gods: symbolism and writing. |
| Summary |
Before the Aztecs, the Mayans, and the Toltecs, in what is now Mexico and parts of Central America, a society of the highest order flourished and vanished, inexplicably, into the silence of time. |
| Language |
Translated from the French. |
| Subject |
Olmecs.
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Olmecs. (OCoLC)fst01045551
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| Added Author |
Lane, Helen R., translator.
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| ISBN |
0385172494 |
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9780385172493 |
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