Epi-Olmec

Epi-Olmec

Epi-Olmec ("post-Olmec") may refer to:
*Epi-Olmec culture, pre-Columbian archaeological culture/area in the coastal Veracruz region of Mexico, ca. 300BCE–250CE
*Isthmian script, also known as Epi-Olmec script, a Mesoamerican writing system

Contrast with

*Olmec, earlier and distinct Mesoamerican archaeological culture and tradition, dating ca. 1200–400 BCE
*Olmeca-Xicalanca, a Mesoamerican culture living in Mexico's Veracruz and Tabasco regions at the time of the 16thC Spanish conquest


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  • Epi-Olmec culture — a level of cultural complexity unknown to the Olmecs. [See, for example, Wilkerson, p. 46.] Tres Zapotes and eventually Cerro de las Mesas were the largest Epi Olmec centers though neither would reach the size and importance of the great Olmec… …   Wikipedia

  • Epi-Olmec — ISO 639 3 Code : xep ISO 639 2/B Code : ISO 639 2/T Code : ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Ancient …   Names of Languages ISO 639-3

  • Olmec — Monument 6, San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan …   Wikipedia

  • Épi-Olmèques — Sites Epi Olmèques les plus importants La culture épi olmèque était une zone culturelle située ans la région centrale de l’actuel Etat mexicain de Veracruz, centrée sur le bassin du río Papaloapan, une culture qui s’est développée pendant la… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Olmec alternative origin speculations — San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan Colossal Head 6, a 3 meter high Olmec sculpture with lips and nose said to resemble African facial features. Olmec alternative origin speculations are explanations that have been suggested for the formation of Olmec… …   Wikipedia

  • Tres Zapotes — is a Mesoamerican archaeological site located in the south central Gulf Lowlands of Mexico in the Papaloapan River plain. Tres Zapotes is sometimes referred to as the third major Olmec capital (after San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán and La Venta),… …   Wikipedia

  • Mesoamerican writing systems — Mesoamerica, like India, Mesopotamia, China, and Egypt, is one of the few places in the world where writing has developed independently. Mesoamerican scripts deciphered to date are logosyllabic, combining the use of logograms with a syllabary,… …   Wikipedia

  • Isthmian script — Infobox Writing system name= Isthmian script type= Undeciphered typedesc= (Hypothesized to be logographic) time= Relatively unknown, perhaps 500 BCE to 500 CE languages= UnknownThe Isthmian script is a very early Mesoamerican writing system in… …   Wikipedia

  • Cultura epiolmeca — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Yacimientos epiolmecas importantes La Cultura epiolmeca es un área cultural situada en el territorio central del actual estado mexicano de Veracruz, concentrada en torno a la cuenca del río Papaloapan. Esta cultura… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Cerro de las Mesas — Stela 6, from Cerro de las Mesas. Note the Long Count date of 9.1.12.14.10 (April 468 CE) at the lower left. The glyphs above the date are one of the few, and latest, Epi Olmec script texts yet discovered …   Wikipedia

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