HIST 025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Laguna De Los Cerros, Sierra De Los Tuxtlas, Cassava

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: History (HIST)
• Course: HIST 025
• Professor: Mangnall

Document Summary

Village and town life and the development of early cities. Dates pushed backed each archaeology field season. Used to be considered the mother culture but that is not the case (still in many textbooks, however) One of many early civilization developing a mesoamerica at this time symbiotic relationships. Olmecs do influence mesoamerican art styles but are also influenced by other regional cultures such as isthmian (migration) Situated along gulf coastal plain (modern veracruz and tabasco sates) Characterized by swampy lowlands with low hill ridges and volcanoes and the. Many sites, the most important of which are san lorenzo, la venta and laguna de lost cerros. La venta - eastern center, near rich coastal, source of cacao, rubber and salt. San lorenzo at the center: controlled vast flood plain area of coatzacoalcos basin and riverine trade routes. Laguna de los cerros western center: adjacent to the tuxtlas mountains, source of basalt used for manos, mutates, monuments and construction.