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Olmec Pottery Production and Export in Ancient Mexico Determined Through Elemental Analysis

Published:2005-02-18 Issue:5712 Volume:307 Page:1068-1072
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Science

Author:

Blomster Jeffrey P.¹²³,Neff Hector¹²³,Glascock Michael D.¹²³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA.

2. Department of Anthropology, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90840, USA.

3. Research Reactor Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.

Abstract

The first Mesoamerican civilization, the Gulf Coast Olmec, is associated with hierarchical society, monumental art, and an internally consistent ideology, expressed in a distinct style and salient iconography. Whether the Olmec style arose in just one area or emerged from interactions among scattered contemporaneous societies remains controversial. Using elemental analysis, we determined the regional clay sources of 725 archaeological ceramic samples from across Mesoamerica. Exported Olmec-style ceramics originated from the San Lorenzo region of the Gulf Coast, supporting Olmec priority in the creation and spread of the first unified style and iconographic system in Mesoamerica.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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