olmec civilization

geography

• Located in the South part of Mexico
• Hot humid lowlands
• Tropical Gulf Coast
• Very rainy and prone to flooding
• Low hill ridges and volcanoes

culture

• Believed in many gods Jaguar
• Soc. Structure: Slaves,Farmers,Priests & Elite
• They ate dogs and chickens
• They were into astronomy 
• Lived in villages, sculpted,weaved with free time

economics

• Traded with others wide variety of food
• They farmed and fished
• Made Pottery and Jewerly for elite
• Farmed maize,beans,squash & peppers
• Traded animal skins, serpentine & obsidian