Hatcher Childress - El enigma de los Olmecas y la calavera de crsital

Welcome to the land of Olman! Journey with researcher David Hatcher Childress as he explores one of the greatest archeological mysteries: the Olmecs, the most astonishing and ancient civilization of the Americas. Their trans-oceanic commerce and their connection with Africa, their hieroglyphic writing, their colossal head sculptures, the enigma of their deformed heads, and the surprising mystery of the origin of the crystal skulls. Until the middle of the 20th Century almost no one knew anything about the Olmecs, a civilization that developed metallurgy, writing, and a calendar long before the Mayans. Today they are recognized as the mother culture of Mesoamerica and their origins constitute the greatest and oldest mystery in history. The discovery of colossal head sculptures and statues with well-defined African traits has created more questions than answers. Was, then, the Olmec culture the result of trans-oceanic contact? Or, were they perhaps trans-oceanic colonizers? This civilization represents an enigma that continues to grow and that has become with each passing day more complex: their mysterious origins, their disappearance, the controversial similarities between their statues and those of Egypt and China, the curious deformation of their elongated skulls, their hieroglyphic writing, and the enigma of the crystal skulls. David Hatcher Childress nos descubre uno de los grandes enigmas de la arqueolog?a, los Olmecas, la m?s sorprendente y antigua civilizaci?n de Am?rica. Su comercio transoce?nico y la conexi?n africana, la escritura jerogl?fica, las esculturas de cabezas colosales, el misterio de sus cr?neos deformados y el sorprendente enigma de las calaveras de cristal. Hasta mediados del siglo XX casi nada se sab?a de los Olmecas, civilizaci?n que lleg? a desarrollar la metalurgia, la escritura y el uso del calendario mucho antes que los Mayas. Hoy es reconocida como la cultura madre de Mesoam?rica y sus or?genes constituyen el mayor y m?s antiguo misterio de la Historia. El descubrimiento de cabezas colosales y estatuas con rasgos africanos muy definidos plantea m?s preguntas que respuestas. David Hatcher Childress, con el rigor que le caracteriza, no solo ha viajado al territorio que habitaron los Olmecas para responder a estos interrogantes, si no que, adem?s, acude a la abundante bibliograf?a para cotejar sus hallazgos y ofrecernos este libro inquietante, pero revelador, sobre la que es, quiz?, la cultura m?s antigua de Mesoam?rica.