: an ancient people of the southern east coast of Mexico who flourished about 1200 to 400 b.c.
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In addition to returning to play Perry, Baker reprised another of his most famous roles: Olmec, the talking stone head from Legends of the Hidden Temple.
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Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 5 June 2025
Educators will also teach visitors the history and science of how chocolate has been cultivated by multiple groups, including Olmec, Maya and Aztec people.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2024
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.
—Walter Scheidel, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
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Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 5 June 2025
Educators will also teach visitors the history and science of how chocolate has been cultivated by multiple groups, including Olmec, Maya and Aztec people.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2024
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.
—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 21 Jul. 2025.
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