OLMEC

CIVILIZATION
Science & Technology
Introduction
The Olmec civilization was one of the
first Mesoamerican civilizations,
existing from around 1400 BCE to
about 400 BCE, with its peak around
1000 BCE.
The Olmecs lived in the present-day
states of Veracruz and Tabasco in
Mexico, and they were an advanced
society with a sophisticated
understanding of agriculture, trade,
and art.
La Venta Monument San Lorenzo Colossal Head

Tres Zapotes La Cobata

 Kunz axe

Jade face
masks
Mayan
Numeral
System
Mayan
calendar
Olmec
writing
·The most impressive technological
advances of the Olmecs was their use
of irrigation in their farms.

The Olmecs farmed using irrigation

techniques. The area in Mexico that
they inhabited was moist, so the land
was fertile, especially along the
region's many rivers. Making skilled
use of irrigation allowed Olmec
agriculture to sustain their large
society. Their primary crop was maize.
·The developed drainage systems in
their cities.

Water Drainage- Near the Olmec town

of San Lorenzo, archaeologists
discovered a complicated drainage
system made of conduits (a channel
for transporting water or other fluid).
Stones were carved into a shape
similar to a "U" and then covered with
a capstone.
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