Book
The Olmec world
University of California Press • Berkeley • Published In 1969 • Pages:
By: Bernal, Ignacio, Heydon, Doris, Horcasitas, Fernando.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Bernal examines the distribution of Olmec stylistic traits and sites, defining a 'Metropolitan Olmec Area,' as well as specific 'Colonial Olmec' sites outside that core area, and a broader region with diffuse 'Olmecoid' characteristics. Accordingly, the work is organized into three major sections: 1) an excellent description of major sites and finds in the core area; 2) a general interpretation of Olmec culture; and 3) a relatively uncritical review of evidence for the diffusion of the Olmec style throughout Mesoamerica. The pattern of evidence is taken as proof of the primacy of the Olmec in the development of Mesoamerican civilization (in part by setting the initial date for Olmec a century earlier than the corresponding Preclassic period in the Central Highlands of Mexico).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Visual arts
- Comparative evidence
- Acculturation and culture contact
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Olmec
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Mexico
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Leon G. Doyon ; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- unknown
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3500 BP-2100 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama (Mesoamerica and Central America)
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Ignacio Bernal ; translated by Doris Heydon and Fernando Horcasitas
- jaguar cult - use 'CONGREGATIONS (794)'
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-208) EL MUNDO OLMECA, first published in Mexico City by Porrúa Hermanos, 1968
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 68013351
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Olmecs