Mike Ruggeri's Olmec World Magazine

The Olmec World from the Olmec Heartland to the rest of Mesoamerica; Art, History, Iconography, Writing, Materials, Olmec sites in the Heartland and beyond.

By Michael Ruggeri

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2,500-year-old Olmec monuments discovered in Guatemala
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Two large carved fragments of pumice stone, designated monuments '253A' and '253B', dating to the Middle Preclassic Period (800-350 BC) of the Olmec …
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Kings of Cooperation
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On a sweltering day in 1862 at the foot of the Tuxtla Mountains in the Mexican state of Veracruz, a farmworker was clearing a cornfield when he hit …
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Descubren en Chalcatzingo, Morelos, un bajorrelieve con la representación de un felino
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˙ Con éste, suman ya ocho las imágenes de félidos de estilo olmeca grabadas en cinco monumentos distintos, en las laderas del Cerro Chalcatzingo ˙ …
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Mike Ruggeri's Olmecs — THE OLMEC WORLD
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Encuentran nuevo monumento colosal olmeca; en la zona sur de Veracruz
costaveracruz.net - By Costa Veracruz, 13/07/2015
Ejidatarios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan han encontrado una serie de vestigios olmecas aún inexplorados dentro el patrimonio arqueológico del país. Se …
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Mysterious Jade Artifact May Have Been Offering to Ancient Gods
Live Science - Owen Jarus
A mysterious corncob-shaped artifact, dating to somewhere between 900 B.C. and 400 B.C., has been discovered underwater at the site of Arroyo …
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The Olmecs
latinamericanstudies.org - Dr. Antonio R. de la Cova
SITES: MEXICO Chalcatzingo, Morelos La Venta Archaeological Site, Tabasco La Venta Museum, Tabasco La Venta Park, Villahermosa, Tabasco Museo Regional …
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Online Publications
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Richard Diehl - Death Gods, Smiling Faces and Colossal Heads: Archaeology of the Mexican Gulf Lowlands
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Ancient Mexico was a mosaic of peoples, languages, and cultures, all with their unique but related art styles, living patterns, and religions. Of the …
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Faculty Web Directory
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National Museum: Formative Mesoamerica
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Ceramic Figure. This hollow anthropomorphic ceramic figure is in a position surprisingly found in many monuments and vessels from this period. Early …
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Olmecs
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The Olmecs (/ˈɒlmɛks,ˈoʊl-/) were the earliest known major civilization in Mesoamerica following a progressive development in Soconusco. They lived in …
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Olmec influences on Mesoamerican cultures - Wikipedia
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The causes and degree of Olmec influences on Mesoamerican cultures has been a subject of debate over many decades. Although the Olmecs are considered …
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Mary Pohl
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Economic Foundations of Olmec Civilization in the Gulf Coast Lowlands of México Vea este informe en Español. Research Year: 2000 Culture: Olmec …
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Olmec People, Olmec Art
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The Olmec, a complex society that arose in the lowlands of Mexico's Gulf Coast about 1200 B.C. have often been called Mesoamerica's first …
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MIKE RUGGERI’S INTERACTIVE OLMEC ART PORTFOLIO (Click on albums to open them)
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Anthropology
Anthropology | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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Anthropology is the study of humans and their societies in the past and present. Research in the Department of Anthropology spans from the emergence …
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Olmecs and Teotihuacan
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the basin of Mexico is a closed drainage (now artificially drained) in which formed a series of large, shallow, swampy lakes • later partially filled and …
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Kerr Portfolio Results
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Flesh of God
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Jorge Pérez de Lara and John Justeson - Photographic Documentation of Monuments with Epi-Olmec Script/Imagery
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Photographic Documentation of Monuments with Epi-Olmec Script/Imagery Vea este informe en Español. Research Year: 2005 Culture: epi-Olmec Chronology: …
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Zhang, et. al
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Editor's note: In this issue of Science Online, we present an experiment in web publishing. The print version of Science contains a research report by …
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Richard Diehl - The La Mojarra Chronicle: An Illustrated Account of an Archaeological Investigation in Veracruz, Mexico
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In 1983 archaeologists from the Museum of Anthropology in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, recovered a large stone shaft from the river bed at La Mojarra in …
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Mesoweb Reports
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tablet-sized writing slab in Mexico, made of serpentinite, which has been dated to the early first millennium BCE, incised
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The Cascajal Block is a tablet-sized writing slab in Mexico, made of serpentinite, which has been dated to the early first millennium BCE, incised …
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The dawn of New World writing
NBC News - By Laura Kennedy
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2002 — The roots of writing in the New World have been traced back to a time earlier than researchers thought — as far back as 2,650 years, when the ancient Olmec civilization flourished
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3,000-year-old script on stone found in Mexico / Unknown writing system oldest found in the hemisphere
SFGate - John Noble Wilford, New York Times
A stone slab found in the state of Veracruz in Mexico bears 3,000-year-old writing previously unknown to scholars, according to archaeologists who say it is an example of the oldest script ever discovered
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La Mojarra Stela 1
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Left side image of La Mojarra Stela 1, showing a person identified as "Harvester Mountain Lord". 1986 in the Acula River near La Mojarra, Veracruz, …
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Tuxtla Statuette
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Frontal view of the Tuxtla Statuette. Note the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar date of March 162 CE (8.6.2.4.17) down the front of the …