Mexican history 2

  • Period: 16,000 BCE to

    Paleo-Indian

    First period of the American colonization, after humans arrived trhough the Bering strait by chasing and hunting animals.
    They used obsidian and flint made tools, they were nomads and recolectors searching constantly for water and food
  • Olmec
    1500 BCE

    Olmec

  • Period: 1500 BCE to 400 BCE

    Olmecs

    Means rubber people
    Mother culture
    Veracruz-Tabasco
    San Lorenzo-La venta
    Mother culture located on veracruz
    They builded the big stone heads and developed the ball game.
    First writing system and astronomical calendar
  • Zapotecs
    500 BCE

    Zapotecs

  • Period: 500 BCE to 800

    Zapotecs

    Valley of Oaxaca
    Monte Alban-capital on a mountain
    Skilled architects and engineers
    Developed their own hieroglyphic system