olmec in English
He writes, ‘Engineers, farmers, artisans, and traders, the Olmecs had a remarkable civilization.’
Archaeological evidence indicates that the jicama was grown by all the major early Mesoamerican civilizations, including the Olmec , Maya, Toltec, and Aztec.
Use "olmec" in a sentence
1. Olmec artworks are considered among ancient America's most striking.
2. The artist and archaeologist Miguel Covarrubias (1957) pp. 50 says that Olmec pieces are among the world's masterpieces.
3. 30 Villagers in the Mexican state of Veracruz discovered the tablet sometime before 19 while quarrying an ancient Olmec mound for road-building material.
4. The origins of balls and Ballgames can be traced back to over 3,000 years when the Olmec who were known as the rubber people created Mesoamerica’s first civilization and left a rich cultural heritage to later groups, from the Maya to the Aztec.
5. Although its past is rooted in ancestral cultures - such as the Mayan, Olmec, Aztec or Incan - from contact with the old continent and with Christianity for over five centuries, it has come to share a common destiny which is unique in the world.