The iconic finds at the site are the famous colossal heads…
According to archaeological finds, archaeologists have divided the Olmec history into four stages:—
Formation stage (1700-1300 BCE), Integration stage (1300-900 BCE), Expansion stage (900-300 BCE) and Disintegration stage (300 BCE - 200 CE)
Another term archaeologists use for categorizing the Olmecs is the Formative Period, meaning the pivotal years that laid the groundwork for state-level complex societies…
Formative Mesoamerica can be divided into three periods:—
Early Formative (1800-900 BCE), Middle
Formative (900-400 BCE) and Late Formative (400 BCE - 200 CE)
San Lorenzo was the largest city in Mesoamerica from roughly 1200 B.C. until 900 B.C., at which time it had begun to be overtaken by the Olmec center of La Venta…
By 800 B.C. there was little or no population…
The Fall of San Lorenzo took place in the 10th century BC and was caused by external conquest…
Hebraic-SyroPhoenicians began arriving circa 950 to 650 B.C. Initially during joint naval expeditions between the Kingdoms of Israel and Tyre/Phoenicia…
The Hebraic-SyroPhoenician peoples introduced mound building and bloodletting to Mesoamerica both of which were common practices amongst these people during the time…
The altar shrine, called a bamah (plural bamot), is known through several books of the Biblical canon but none more so than the Book of Kings, where they play a prominent role in assessing the performance of a king…
Often referred to as "high places" in translations of the Bible, bamah or bamot were worship sites that usually contained an altar…
A general understanding about the bamah and how it functioned can be gained by using evidence from the Biblical text as well as archaeology...
In the text of the Bible they can be found on hills (2 Kings 16:4; 17:9-10; 1 Kings 11:7), towns (1 Kings 13:32; 2 Kings 17:29; 23:5) and at the gate of Jerusalem (2 Kings 23:8)
Ezra 6:3 says they were in the ravines and valleys…
The position of a bamah in the valley can also be seen in Jeremiah 7:31; 32:35...
It is believed that bamah or bamot were artificially made mounds…
Subsequent arrivals would primarily be from Phoenicia accompanied by Hebrew slaves after the disintegration of the Kingdom of Israel and subsequent conquests of Samaria by Assyria and vassalage of Judah by Egypt…
These foreign immigrants were commemorated by the Colossal Negroid Heads…
It is well documented that the Phoenicians had already circumnavigated Africa and established colonies in West Africa during this time…
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