This empire was the first to use the ballgame and ritual bloodletting, and they created a lot of colossal stone heads.
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