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Traditions and Encounters Book Cover
Traditions and Encounters, 2/e
Jerry H. Bentley, University of Hawai'i
Herbert F. Ziegler, University of Hawai'i
EARLY SOCIETIES IN THE AMERICAS AND OCEANIA

Internet Activities: The Olmecs

http://www.beautyworlds.com/olmecs.htm

http://www.crystalinks.com/olmec.html



1

Read these two articles on one of the earliest Mesoamerican societies. What do scholars actually know about the Olmecs? What evidence do they have to support their theories?
2

What theories do these articles suggest about the Olmec head sculptures? On what do they base those theories? What is shamanism and why do some scholars believe the Olmecs practiced it?








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