Olmec San Lorenzo Map

An olmec colossal stone head in basalt from san lorenzo c.

Olmec san lorenzo map. Olmec colossal stone head san lorenzo. La venta was located on an almost inaccessible island surrounded at that time by the tonala river. Its original name has been lost to time. The latest thinking however is that environmental changes may have been responsible for this shift in olmec.

San lorenzo tenochtitlan or san lorenzo is the collective name for three related archaeological sitessan lorenzo tenochtitlan and potrero nuevolocated in the southeast portion of the mexican state of veracruzalong with la venta and tres zapotes it was one of the three major cities of the olmec and the major center of olmec culture from 1200 bce to 900 bce. As san lorenzos fortunes fell la ventas rose and between 800 and 400 bce it was the most important site in mesoamerica. The first olmec center san lorenzo was all but abandoned around 900 bce at about the same time that la venta rose to prominence. The river now divides the states of veracruz and tabasco.

San lorenzo was the largest city in mesoamerica from roughly 1200 bc. 800 to 1000 bc. At which time it had begun to be overtaken by the olmec centre of la ventaby 800 bce there was little or no population although there was an important re colonisation of the san lorenzo plateau from 600 to 400 bce and again from c. San lorenzo is an olmec period site located in the state of veracruz mexico.

A map showing the principal settlements of the olmec civilization in mesoamerica modern day mexico which flourished from c. Once there was a great city there. A wholesale destruction of many san lorenzo monuments also occurred circa 950 bce which may indicate an internal uprising or less likely an invasion. San lorenzo is the name of the central place in the larger san lorenzo tenochtitlan archaeological region.

It is located on a steep plateau above the coatzacoalcos floodplain.