Human remains and burial practices at Gulf Coast Olmec sites (c. 1500–400 BCE)

1. El Manatí ritual bog use begins

   Jan 1, 1700 BCELabels: El Manat, San Lorenzo

   • Springer
   • El Manat

2. Earliest El Manatí offering phase (A)

   Jan 1, 1700 BCELabels: El Manat, Phase A

   • Springer

3. El Manatí Phase B expands offerings

   Jan 1, 1500 BCELabels: El Manat, Phase B

   • Springer
   • El Manat

4. El Manatí deposits include infant remains

   Jan 1, 1400 BCELabels: El Manat, Infant burials

   • El Manat
   • La Venta PDF

5. El Manatí wooden busts wrapped and buried

   Jan 1, 1200 BCELabels: El Manat, Wooden busts

   • El Manat
   • Springer

6. San Lorenzo rises as Olmec center

   Jan 1, 1150 BCELabels: San Lorenzo, Olmec center

   • Britannica

7. San Lorenzo mortuary feast over sacrificial victims

   Jan 1, 1000 BCELabels: San Lorenzo, Mortuary feast

   • PNAS PMC

8. La Venta develops Complex A mortuary precinct

   Jan 1, 1000 BCELabels: La Venta, Complex A

   • INAH La Venta
   • La Venta PDF

9. Tres Zapotes persists as Olmec regional center

   Jan 1, 1000 BCELabels: Tres Zapotes, Regional center

   • Oxford HB

10. San Lorenzo destroyed and abandoned

    Jan 1, 900 BCELabels: San Lorenzo, Abandonment

    • Britannica

11. La Venta Massive Offerings of serpentine blocks

    Jan 1, 900 BCELabels: La Venta, Massive Offerings

    • INAH Museum
    • INAH Style

12. La Venta mosaic pavements buried in Complex A

    Jan 1, 900 BCELabels: La Venta, Mosaic pavements

    • INAH Museum
    • La Venta

13. La Venta tombs and cists with rich funerary goods

    Jan 1, 800 BCELabels: La Venta, Tombs

    • INAH La Venta
    • INAH Museum

14. Offering 4: figurines and axeheads deposited at La Venta

    Jan 1, 600 BCELabels: La Venta, Offering 4

    • INAH La Venta
    • INAH Style

15. La Venta’s florescence ends around 400 BCE

    Jan 1, 400 BCELabels: La Venta, Decline

    • INAH La Venta