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单词 olmecan
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Olmecanadj.

Brit. /ɒlˈmɛk(ə)n/, U.S. /ɑlˈmɛk(ə)n/, /oʊlˈmɛk(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Spanish lexical item. Etymons: Olmeca n., -an suffix.
Etymology: < Olmeca n. + -an suffix (M. H. Saville 1929, in Indian Notes (Mus. American Indian, Heye Foundation) 6: see quot. 1929), after Spanish Olmego. Compare:1927 H. Beyer in El México Antiguo 2 306 (caption) Idolo Olmego di Piedra Verdosa.1929 M. H. Saville in Indian Notes (Mus. Amer. Indian, Heye Foundation) 6 280 Beyer published a picture of what he calls ‘an Olmecan idol’ formerly in his possession and now in a private collection.
Archaeology (now rare).
Belonging to or characteristic of the prehistoric Olmec civilization; = Olmec n. 2.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > specific prehistoric
Bronze Age1863
Iron Age1868
Cromerian1922
Olmecan1929
Ahrensburg1931
Ghassulian1931
Yuma1932
Dorset1933
Oldowan1934
Cortaillod1940
Clovis1943
Olmec1943
Ahrensburgian1950
Ubaid1952
Olmecoid1956
pre-Clovis1962
Lapita1971
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > non-European periods or movements > [adjective] > Mexican
Olmecan1929
Olmec1943
Olmecoid1956
1929 M. H. Saville in Indian Notes (Mus. Amer. Indian, Heye Foundation) 6 285 This peculiar type of mask may be safely assigned to the ancient Olmecan culture, which apparently had its center in the San Andrés Tuxtla area around Lake Catemaco, and extended down to the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in the southern part of the state of Vera Cruz.
1952 P. Drucker et al. La Venta 227 In brief, Monte Albán culture cannot be reckoned basically Olmecan, nor can it be derived from an Olmec source.
1963 O. Niemeyer & P. F. Damaz Art in Lat. Amer. Archit. (caption) 27 Stone head from La Venta, Olmecan culture.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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