Olmec is an English word with synonyms like indian. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Olmec meaning
A member of an ancient pre-Columbian people living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in what are roughly the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco.
Synonyms of Olmec
Using Olmec
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of an ancient pre-Columbian people living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in what are roughly the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco.
- Useful related words include: indian, american indian, red indian.
- In the example corpus, olmec often appears in combinations such as: the olmec, olmec civilization, of olmec.
Context around Olmec
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Olmec
- In this selection, "olmec" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pre, archeology, two, civilization, discovery and monte stand out and add context to how "olmec" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 300 bc olmec artistic styles and archeology olmec style stone. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "olmec" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with olmec
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
La Venta was the last great Olmec centre. (8 words)
Olmec art and concepts influenced surrounding cultures after their downfall. (10 words)
Olmec influences continued to appear in many later Mesoamerican civilizations. (10 words)
At the present time, there is some debate as to whether or not Olmec symbols, dated to 650 BC, are actually a form of writing preceding the oldest Zapotec writing dated to about 500 BC. (35 words)
The Olmec calendar, which insists that time moves in great cycles accompanied by successive destructions and remakings of the world, was passed down over the generations and remained essentially unchanged for thousands of years. (34 words)
Archeology Olmec style stone sculpture from Tiltepec at the Regional Museum of Chiapas The earliest population of Chiapas was in the coastal Soconusco region, where the Chantuto peoples appeared, going back to 5500 BC. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
However, the Olmec civilization had come to an end by the 4th century BC, several centuries before the earliest known Long Count dates—which suggests that zero was not an Olmec discovery.
The stone heads have been ascribed to the Pre- Olmec Monte Alto Culture and some scholars suggest the Olmec Culture originated in the Monte Alto area.
After some work with local theatre groups, he got his first major role as the voice of Olmec in Legends of the Hidden Temple.
The Olmec calendar, which insists that time moves in great cycles accompanied by successive destructions and remakings of the world, was passed down over the generations and remained essentially unchanged for thousands of years.
The very people who burnt down the libraries of the African Moors in Spain were the same people who destroyed the written records of the Olmec civilisation.
Ancient Mexico can be said to have produced five major civilizations: the Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Aztec.
Archeology Olmec style stone sculpture from Tiltepec at the Regional Museum of Chiapas The earliest population of Chiapas was in the coastal Soconusco region, where the Chantuto peoples appeared, going back to 5500 BC.
At Acapulco Bay itself, there were two Olmec sites, one by Playa Larga and the other on a hill known as El Guitarrón.
At the present time, there is some debate as to whether or not Olmec symbols, dated to 650 BC, are actually a form of writing preceding the oldest Zapotec writing dated to about 500 BC.
By 1300/ 1200 BC, small centres coalesced into the Olmec civilization, which seems to have been a set of city-states, united in religious and commercial concerns.
By the Middle Preclassic Period (900–300 BC), Olmec artistic styles had been adopted as far away as the Valley of Mexico and Costa Rica.
During the pre Classic era, it is known that most of Chiapas was not Olmec, but had close relations with them, especially the Olmecs of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
La Venta was the last great Olmec centre.
Olmec art and concepts influenced surrounding cultures after their downfall.
Olmec artisans sculpted jade and clay figurines of Jaguars and humans.
Olmec influence caused the small spread-out villages here to coalesce into larger entities and build ceremonial centers.
Olmec influences continued to appear in many later Mesoamerican civilizations.
Their iconic giant heads - believed to be of Olmec rulers - stood in every major city.
The Mesoamerican calendar, numeral system, writing, and much of the Mesoamerican pantheon seem to have begun with the Olmec.
The Olmec civilization ended in 400 BC, with the defacing and destruction of San Lorenzo and La Venta, two of the major cities.
Common combinations with olmec
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: