MESOAMERICA

Early-Middle Pre-Classic periods, 1500—300 B.C

Olmec culture, Las Bocas
Olmec culture, Tlapacoya
Olmec culture, Mexico/Guatemala
Olmec culture, Puebla, Mexico
Olmec culture, Tlatilco
Olmec culture, San Lorenzo
Olmec culture, Remojadas
Olmec culture, Tres Zapotes
Olmec culture, La Venta
Olmec culture, Salinas La Blanca, Guatemala
Olmec culture, Playa de Los Muertos, Honduras
Isla culture, Tlapacoya
Transitional Tlatilco culture, Tlatilco
Tlatilco culture, Tlatilco
Tlatilco culture, Tlapacoya
Tlatilco culture, Las Bocas
Tlatilco culture, Puebla
Tlatilco culture, Xochipala
Olmecoid culture, Mexico/Guatemala
Pacific Slope culture, Mexico/Guatemala
Ocos culture, Guatemala
Salinas La Blanca Jocotal culture, Guatemala
Salinas La Blanca Escaleron-Frontera culture, Guatemala
Pacific Highlands culture, Guatemala
Las Charcas culture, Guatemala
Ticoman culture
Canitas culture
Zacatenco culture
Chalcatzingo culture


Late Preclassic period, 300 B.C—A.D. 250

Classic period, A.D. 250—850

Early Post Classic period, A.D. 850—1200

Late Post Classic period, A.D. 1200—1521


CENTRAL AMERICA AND NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA

Costa Rica
Panama
Ecuador
Colombia


CARIBBEAN

Dominican Republic/Haiti/Puerto Rico/Cuba


ANDEAN SOUTH AMERICA

Early Horizon, 1200-100 B.C.
Early Intermediate period, 100 B.C.-A.D. 600
Middle Horizon, A.D. 600-1000
Late Intermediate period, A.D. 1000-1450
Late Horizon, A.D. 1450-1575

Olmecoid culture, Mexico/Guatemala

Olmecoid Culture
Mexico/Guatemala

MASKETTE PENDANT

Late Preclassic period, 300 B.C.-A.D. 250
stone
Dimension: 1in x 0in x 0in
2.54cm x 0cm x 0cm
Gift of Peter David Joralemon – 1990.033.007

Olmecoid culture
Mexico/Guatemala

MALE FIGURE PENDANT

Late Preclassic period, 300 B.C.-A.D. 250
greenstone
Dimension: 2.5in x 0in x 0in
6.35cm x 0cm x 0cm
Gift of Peter David Joralemon – 1990.033.006

Olmecoid culture
Mexico/Guatemala

STANDING FIGURE OF A RULER WITH RIGHT ARM AND HAND POINTED UPWARD

Late Preclassic period, 300 B.C.-A.D. 250
greenstone
Dimension: 6in x 2.88in x 0in
15.2cm x 7.3cm x 0cm
Purchased with funds provided by Marilynn Alsdorf – 1998.063

Olmecoid culture
Mexico/Guatemala

STANDING FIGURE OF A RULER/BALLPLAYER HOLDING A SCEPTER

Late Preclassic period, 300 B.C.-A.D. 250
speckled greenstone
Dimension: 6.75in x 0in x 0in
17.1cm x 0cm x 0cm
Gift of Peter David Joralemon – 2007.051.002

Olmecoid culture
Mexico/Guatemala

CUP WITH TWO BIRD PROFILE PANELS

Late Preclassic period, 300 B.C.-A.D. 250
slipped and excised earthenware
Dimension: 3.13in x 0in x 0in
7.95cm x 0cm x 0cm
Gift of William J. Doran – 1982.090.001

Olmecoid culture
Mexico/Guatemala

EARTH MOTHER FIGURINE EFFIGY VESSEL

Late Preclassic period, 300 B.C.-A.D. 250
cinnebar (?), earthenware
Dimension: 3.75in x 0in x 0in
9.525cm x 0cm x 0cm
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John McNiff – 1981.110.003