In Ancient Maya, Arthur Demarest, an authority on the Olmec and Maya civilisations, applies an holistic, theoretically-integrated perspective to this study of archaeology, paleoecology, and epigraphy, ...

During what is generally referred to as the Formative period, Olmec and Mayan territories overlapped in the highlands of Guatemala, where Mayans continue to live to this day. Much of what is known ...

The Maya used their mathematical knowledge along with celestial observations to finesse a calendar created by the Olmec which is a culture from the Mexican Gulf Coast and to create monuments to ...

The Mexican ambassador Rogelio Granguillhome was delighted to receive the statues from Rupert Gebhard They were part of a collection of more than 1,000 Aztec, Maya and Olmec artefacts which has ...

They were big chocolate eaters. The transformation of cacao bean to chocolate was discovered by the Olmec people more than ...