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The Olmec World – San Lorenzo and La Venta

History Americas

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Beneath the swamps and jungles of Mexico's Gulf Coast, more than three thousand years ago, the first great civilization of the Americas rose and flourished. Known today as the Olmecs, these ancient...

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Introduction

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Chapter 1 - The “Mother Culture” of Mesoamerica

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Chapter 2 – Geography of the Olmec Heartland

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Chapter 3 – San Lorenzo: The First Urban Center

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Chapter 4 – La Venta: Sacred City of the Jaguar and Serpent

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Chapter 5 – Colossal Heads and Monumental Sculpture

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Chapter 6 – Olmec Religion and Cosmology

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Chapter 7 – The Ballgame and Ritual Life

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Chapter 8 – Art, Jade, and Portable Power

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Chapter 9 – Society, Politics, and Elite Power

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Chapter 10 – Trade, Interaction, and Influence

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Chapter 11 – Collapse and Transformation

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Chapter 12 – Rediscovery and Modern Legacy

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Chapter 13 – The Olmec World in Perspective

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