Ancient Native American civilizations flourished in Mesoamerica (Mexico) for centuries before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. The main tribes were the Maya, Olmec, Zapotec, Mextec, Toltec, and Aztec.
The Olmecs lived in the humid lowlands of southern Vera Cruz and Tabasco along the Gulf of Mexico. The word Olmec means "the dweller in the land of rubber". The Olmecs were great sculptors. They are most famous for their carvings of huge human heads made from boulders. Some of these boulders weighed as much as 50 tons. They did not have any metal tools. …
