essay
Olmec and Maya: a study in relationships
origins of maya civilization • Albuquerque • Published In 1977 • Pages: 183-195
By: Coe, Michael D..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Coe writes about the relationship between the Olmec and Mayan cultures. The Olmec was the earliest Mesoamerican civilization, first appearing in 1200 B.C. and vanishing by 400 B.C. Coe examines the cultural traits that were unique to each culture and those that were shared by both of them. Among the latter are the personality cults of leaders, ball games, certain deities such as the Maize and Fire Gods, incense burners, ritual bloodletting, importance of jade, and certain glyphs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Comparative evidence
- Visual arts
- Spirits and gods
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Preclassic Maya
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2001
- 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
- Maya Area
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3200-1700 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mesoamerica
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael D. Coe
- For bibliographical references see document number 1:Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 76057537
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities