Isiko le-Olmec

Ama-olmecas baba ngabokuqala impucuko okwakhiwe ngaphakathi I-México ngezikhathi abomdabu. ISu isiko kwachuma emazweni ase Tabasco y Veracruz cishe ngo-1200 BC futhi kwaqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngu-600 BC

Ngokwesiko, igama elithi "Olmec" lisho ukuthi "abahlali bendawo ye-olmnan", Okusho ukuthi," abahlali bezwe lenjoloba. " Leli gama laqanjwa ukuveza uchungechunge lwe inani labantu lokho kwagcwala lokho okwaziwa ngokuthi indawo yase-Olmec.

Leli dolobha lakhetha njengekhaya i izifunda ezingamaxhaphozi nehlathi lemicengezi yemifula emikhulu ephakathi kweVeracruz neTabasco, egelezela eGulf of Mexico, isungula esinye sezinhloko-dolobha zayo ezinkulu, iLa Venta, endaweni eseduze UMfula iTonalá, idolobha elinobukhazikhazi balo ngesikhathi sekwephuzile kwaleli siko.

Lezi zindawo njengamanje zakhiwe njengamazwe acebile anenqwaba ye- imithombo yemvelo njengamafutha. Ngalezo zikhathi (1200 - 600 BC) indawo yayihlalwa yisigaxa semifino esiningi esenza inhlabathi icebe ngamahumus nemifino, ngakho-ke yanda izitshalo kwazo zonke izinhlobo, ukuhlinzeka ukudla ngevolumu enkulu yabantu.

La umnotho yama-Olmecs ayesuselwa kwimikhiqizo yezolimo, ababethengisa ngayo, bobabili phakathi kwabo nangokunye pueblos Omakhelwane (ikakhulukazi abayimizulane noma imiphakathi ekude ngokwendawo efana neCentral Mexico noma iGuatemala).

Babengababazi bemibhalo emidala kunabo bonke eMesoamerica (Mexico). Abasebenzelanga amatshe entaba-mlilo kuphela ezikhumbuzo zabo, kodwa futhi namatshe aqinile, ahlanganisiwe futhi ayigugu elincane.

Babene- inkolo yezithixo eziningi kugxile ekukhulekeleni kwakhe i I-Jaguar, lokho kuvela kuso sonke isithombe sayo. Ngaphandle kwalokhu, babebheka njengonkulunkulu izilwane eziningi ezifana ne-alligator noma amasele, behlobanisa ababusi babo nonkulunkulu, ababekholelwa ukuthi behla kubo futhi bazuza amandla abo.

Ama-Olmec kuthiwa amanye amaphiramidi okuqala eMelika, ayesetshenziswa njengezikhungo zamasiko noma ukuhlangana kwezombusazwe kwezakhamizi.