The Early Olmec and Mesoamerica

Breaking new ground in Olmec studies, this book reveals the complexity and diversity of 'America's first civilization'.

Introduction; 1. Materializing the San Lorenzo Olmecs David Cheetham and Jeffrey P. Blomster; 2. Defining Early Olmec style pottery: techniques, forms, and motifs at San Lorenzo Jeffrey P. Blomster, David Cheetham, Rosemary A. Joyce and Christopher A. Pool; 3. An Early Horizon manifestation in the San Lorenzo countryside Carl J. Wendt; 4. An Early Olmec manifestation in Western Olman: the Arroyo phase at Tres Zapotes Christopher A. Pool, Ponciano Ortiz Ceballos, María del Carmen Rodríguez, Erin L. Sears, Ronald L. Bishop and M. James Blackman; 5. Early Horizon materials in the Greater Basin of Mexico and Guerrero Louise I. Paradis; 6. Materializing the Early Olmec style in the Nochixtlán Valley, Oaxaca Jeffrey P. Blomster; 7. Early Olmec style ceramics from the Southern Isthmus of Tehuantepec Marcus Winter, Víctor Manuel Zapien López and Alma Zaraí Montiel Ángeles; 8. Ceramic vessel form similarities between San Lorenzo, Veracruz, and Canton Corralito, Chiapas David Cheetham and Michael D. Coe; 9. 'Olmec' pottery in Honduras Rosemary A. Joyce and John S. Henderson; 10. Figuring out the Early Olmec era Barbara L. Stark.