Olmec monumental stoneworks: altars, thrones, and cairns (c. 1400–100 BCE)

1. Tres Zapotes Stela C Long Count date carved

   Sep 3, 32 BCELabels: Tres Zapotes, Stela C, Long Count

   • Tres Zapotes

2. Tres Zapotes continues Olmec monumental stone tradition

   Jan 1, 400Labels: Tres Zapotes, colossal heads, stelae

   • Tres Zapotes

3. La Venta Monument 19 depicts early feathered serpent

   Jan 1, 700Labels: La Venta, Monument 19, feathered serpent

   • La Venta
   • La Venta ES

4. La Venta emerges as leading Olmec center

   Jan 1, 800Labels: La Venta, Olmec center, thrones

   • Britannica

5. La Venta becomes most important site (800–400 BCE)

   Jan 1, 800Labels: La Venta, thrones, monumental sculpture

   • Britannica

6. Olmec thrones widely labeled as “altars”

   Jan 1, 800Labels: Olmec thrones, altars, central niche

   • Met Museum

7. San Lorenzo monument traditions predate 900 BCE burial

   Jan 1, 900Labels: San Lorenzo, colossal heads, burial

   • Britannica
   • Colossal Heads

8. San Lorenzo declines around 900 BCE

   Jan 1, 900Labels: San Lorenzo, site decline, Gulf Coast

   • Britannica

9. La Venta Altar 4 carved as throne scene

   Jan 1, 900Labels: La Venta, Altar 4, throne scene

   • Met Museum
   • UMich VRC

10. La Venta Altar 4 dated to 900–600 BCE

    Jan 1, 900Labels: La Venta, Altar 4, Preclassic

    • UMich VRC
    • UMich VRC

11. “Altar of the children” reinterpreted as throne

    Jan 1, 900Labels: Altar of, throne reinterpretation, La Venta

    • Britannica

12. Early Olmec basalt monument production at San Lorenzo

    Jan 1, 1150Labels: San Lorenzo, basalt production, quarrying

    • Britannica

13. San Lorenzo rises as early Olmec center

    Jan 1, 1200Labels: San Lorenzo, early Olmec, monument program

    • Britannica

14. Top half of Stela C found (1969)

    Jan 1, 1969Labels: Tres Zapotes, Stela C, 1969 discovery

    • Tres Zapotes