They were mainly in Veracruz and Tabasco
The climate in which the Olmecan ones were
was warm
He tints
The terminalia
The barí
The rubber tree
Ferns
Lianas
Mahogany
Cedar
Ceiba
Parrots
Quetzals
Toucans
Colibríes
Monkeys spider
Squirrels
Bears anthills
Deers
Rabbits
Lizards
Frogs
Toads
They had government's teocratita form.
Teocrático: when the priests are the
maximum authority
The jaguar, the snake and the sharks were the most
important symbol in their religion. The consideraban the kings of the animals
and the incarnation of God. It was related with the earth, the water, the
fertility and the abundancia. According to one of their legends, themselves
descended of the union between a jaguar and a woman. They represented it at the
same time with feline and human features. When they made it with the fauces abiertas,
these represented the door of the sky for which the sun should pass for its
birth or its setting.
They practiced the agriculture,
they used the technique of it touches and he/she burns and they built the first
grandes cities of the region
The Olmecan ones were very
good in the astronomy, art and philosophy
Their studies have more than
enough astronomy and mathematics for example, they took them to create a
calendar very developed a thousand years before the beginning of the Christian
era. This means that you grieve we know or we have an idea of the end of the
world
They practiced the art of the sculpture and their
sculpture a lot but famous it is that of the Olmecan head which reflected like
they were the men of that time.
http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/explora/html/tabasco/flora.html
http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/explora/html/tabasco/flora.html
http://html.rincondelvago.com/olmecas_1.html
http://genesis.uag.mx/material/Olmecas/Olmecas.htm
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/5130/01-head-Olmecan-19-Apr-05.jpg
http://www.turismoenveracruz.com/Imagenes/tours/11.jpg
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