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Published on Nov 24, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
LOCATION/GEOGRAPHY
LOCATED IN LA VENTA AND SAN LORENZO.
IMPACT AND INTERACTION
- Built large artificial platforms and mounds of packed dirt
- Built irrigation and trading canals
- Centered around San Lorenzo
ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND RELIGION
- Made religious buildings.
- Stone heads
- Carved jade figurines and made necklaces
- Made ceremonial knives and axes.
- Polytheistic. Gods were anthropomorphic.
TECHNOLOGY AND KEY IDEAS
- Irrigation
- Drainage canals
- Raised fields
- Religious buildings
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION
KINGSHIP WITH SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS ROLES.
