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1. OLMEC
ESPINA

2. Ang kauna-unahang Kabihasnan
umusbong sa Mesoamerica

3. Ang katagang OLMEC
ay nangangahulugang
RUBBER PEOPLE
dahil sila ang kauna-unahang
gumamit ng
dagta ng mga punong
rubber o goma

4. Ang kanilang kabihasnan ay yumabong sa
rehiyon ng Gulf of Mexico

5. Gulf of
Mexico,
southern
Veracruz,
and western
Tabasco

6. Archaeologists consider the
Olmecs to be one of only six
“pristine” civilizations: these
were cultures that developed on
their own without the benefit of
migration or influence from
some other civilization.

7. The Olmecs were able to make
several sorts of tools which
made their life easier. They
used whatever was at hand,
such as clay, stone, bone, wood
or deer antlers.
They were skilled at
making pottery:
vessels and plates
used for storing and
cooking food. Clay
pots and vessels
were extremely
common among the
Olmec

8. Pottery is made from Clay
found at San Lorenzo.
Excavated by Jeffrey
Blomster and colleagues.

9. Isang pamayanang
agrikultural

10. They planted many of the
same crops seen in the
region today, such as
squash, beans, manioc,
sweet potatoes and
tomatoes. Maize was a
staple of the Olmec diet,
The Olmecs were expert farmers and
practiced a type of farming known as
slash-and-burn farming

11. Gumamit ng isang
sistemang pagsulat na
may pagkakatulad sa
hieroglyphics

13. May pag-unawa sa konsepto ng zero
sa pagkukuwenta

15. May mayamang
relihiyon

16. Mga Diyos ng Olmec
Archaeologist Peter Joralemon has identified eight gods
• Olmec Dragon
• Bird Monster
Some of these gods
• Fish Monster
would remain in
• Banded-eye God
Mesoamerican
• Water God
• Maize God
• Were-jaguar
• Feathered Serpent
mythology with other
cultures: the Maya and
the Aztecs both had
feathered serpent gods

17. Feathered Serpent
Maize God
Were-jaguar

19. Religious Center at La Venta

21. The Olmec venerated natural sites
BOG
CAVE
MOUNTAIN
Offerings
included wooden
carvings, rubber
balls, figurines,
knives, axes and
more

22. priests who
acted as
intermediaries
between the
common people
and the divine
stingray spines

23. Altar at La Venta

24. Bas-reliefs of humans holding quite lively were-jaguar
babies

25. Thrones of Olmec rulers

26. RITWAL
HUMAN
SACRIFACE
POK A TOK

27. Ang Olmec ay
mga talentadong
artists at sculptors

28. They produced many
statues, celts, masks,
figurines, stelae, and
thrones
They are best known for
their massive colossal
heads, seventeen of which
have been found at four
different archaeological
sites
The Olmec were gifted
artists who produced
stonecarvings,
woodcarvings and
cave painting
carved with
techniques such
as drilling,
string-sawing,
and incising

29. Mahahalagang
Lugar ng Olmec
1 San Lorenzo
2. Tres Zapotes
3. Chalcatzingo
4. La Venta

30. JADE
Jade Axe Were-Jaguar Olmec Figure

31. Mask

32. FIGURINES

33. Duck Figure
Human Figure
Bird Vessel

34. STATUES Twins were an
essential heroic part
of Mesoamerican
religion. What part the
heroic twins played in
Olmec religion is
unknown, but in the
Popol Vuh, the sacred
book of the Maya, two
heroic sets of twins
journey to the
underworld to do
battle with the lords
there.

35. THE WRESTLER
seated youth holding a were-jaguar
baby. Symbols of four Olmec gods
are inscribed on his legs and
shoulders, making it a very
valuable artifact indeed

36. STEALE- tall standing stones with inscribed or
carved surfaces

37. CELTS -small pieces with designs roughly
shaped

38. COLOSSAL HEADS

40. Ang mga Olmec ay
magagaling na arkitekto
at inhenyero

41. OLMEC AQUEDUCT

42. MAN MADE PYRAMID

43. Ang mga Olmec ay
masikap na
mangangalakal

45. Evidences of Trade
• Objects from other regions, such as jadeite from
present-day Guatemala and obsidian from the
more mountainous regions of Mexico, have been
discovered in Olmec sites.
• Olmec objects, such as figurines, statues and
celts, have been found in sites of other cultures
contemporary to the Olmec

46. Ang San Lorenzo at
La Venta ang
sentrong
pangkalakalan ng
Olmec

47. Ang Olmec ay may
malakas na pinuno

48. The Olmec cities
were ruled by a
family of ruler-shamans
who
wielded enormous
power over their
subjects

49. Ang kaalaman ukol sa
pagkawala ng Olmec
ay hindi tukoy

50. Mga Haka-hakang dahilan ng Paglaho ng
Olmec
• Natural Ecological Changes
•Volcanic Eruption
•Drought
• Human Action
•Warfare
•Overfarming

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