Lengthy paper by Clyde Winters presented at the 1997 Central States Anthropological Society deciphers the Olmec writing system.

Chronicles the history and cultural contributions made by the pre-Columbian civilization known as the Olmecs.

Describes the ancient indigenous peoples who lived west of the Yucatan and whose oldest known settlement was San Lorenzo.

Supplies photographs and commentary on several carved Olmec artifacts left to the modern world by the oldest civilization of Mesoamerica.

Study resource provides maps, photographs and scholarly analysis of the ancient civilization of the Olmecs of pre-Columbian Mexico.

Examines the writing system of the ancient Olmecs and looks at similarities to the writing system used by the Vai people of west Africa.

Richard Hooker chronicles the history of the Olmecs of ancient Mexico, considered by scholars to be the earliest civilization in the Americas.

Describes the culture of the Olmecs of Mexico and looks at the many contributions the civilization made to mathematics and Mesoamerican writing.

Provides facts about the ancient Olmec civilization of Mexico and their surviving architectural monuments and carved artifacts.

Supplies facts about the ancient Olmes of southern Mexico as well as photographs of the civilization's legacy of carved stone heads.

Describes the little-known history of the mother culture of ancient Mexico, the Olmec civilization, known for their colossal stone head carvings.

Mysteries of the Ancient High Cultures series looks at a possible link between the ancient Olmecs of Mexico and the Chinese Shang dynasty.

Short essay describes the ancient Olmecs, known then as the "Rubber People." View an Olmec carving of an acrobat.