: an ancient people of the southern east coast of Mexico who flourished about 1200 to 400 b.c.
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The book trawls the depths of human history, meandering from Neolithic Ukraine to the Sumerians of Mesopotamia to the Harappan civilization of the Indus River basin to the Olmec, Yurok, and Wyandot peoples of the Americas and on even to the European Enlightenment.
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Walter Scheidel, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
Walter Scheidel, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
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“Olmec.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Olmec. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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