Across
- 2. the Olmec were known for these huge creations
- 8. the second word naming the zapotec city high atop a mountain
- 9. "Slash and burn _____________"
- 10. built by the Zapotec to create more land for farming
- 11. after clearing the jungle by burning the jungle, this was used to fertilize land
- 12. the mother culture
Down
- 1. Sierra Madre Oriental lie to this direction
- 3. Mysteriously, the Olmec civilization did this around 400 B.C.
- 4. found on the Yucatan Peninsula and along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico
- 5. these people lived in farming villages throughout the Oaxaca Valley.
- 6. one of the three sisters grown by Mesoamerican farmers
- 7. one of the Olmec's most important gods