ID: 901001541 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001541	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Decline of Olmec Civilization (Pre-Columbian history, after 400 BCE)

Note: Events surrounding the diminution of Olmec culture, which thrived along Mexico's gulf coast from approximately 1200-400 BCE. After decline, Olmec culture developed into Epi-Olmec, a link between classic Olmec and Veracruz Culture.

Display Date: after 400 BCE

Names:

	Decline of Olmec Civilization (Pre-Columbian history, after 400 BCE) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<North and South American history> (P)
		........Pre-Columbian history (P)
		............Decline of Olmec Civilization (Pre-Columbian history, after 400 BCE) (P)

Other Relationships:

	culture/religion is .... Olmec
	.....(Gulf Coast Mesoamerican styles, Mesoamerican regional styles and periods, Mesoamerican, Pre-Columbian Middle American styles and periods, Pre-Columbian (American), Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... decline
	.....(functional concepts (general), Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Mexico
	.....(North and Central America) (TGN)

Sources:

	Decline of Olmec Civilization (Pre-Columbian history, after 400 BCE)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Dumbarton Oaks online (2002-)