These people may have had writing, as demonstrated by the Cascajal Block. These people created many jade face-masks, and Matthew Stirling is best-known for his studies of these people. The art of these people often depicts "transformation figures" like the were-jaguar. Their major capitals were Tres Zapotes, the non-Aztec San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan, and La Venta. After this civilization's decline, Monte Albán and (*) Teotihuacan rose to prominence. This empire was the first to use the ballgame and ritual bloodletting, and
These people may have had writing, as demonstrated by the Cascajal Block. These people created many jade face-masks, and Matthew Stirling is best-known for his studies of these people. The art of these people often depicts "transformation figures" like the were-jaguar. Their major capitals were Tres Zapotes, the non-Aztec San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan, and La Venta. After this civilization's decline, Monte Albán and (*) Teotihuacan rose to prominence. This empire was the first to use the ballgame and ritual bloodletting, and they created a lot of colossal stone heads. For 10 points, name this oldest major civilization of Mexico.
These people may have had writing, as demonstrated by the Cascajal Block.
Olmec