Olmec Archaeology and Early Mesoamerica offers the most thorough and up-to-date book-length treatment of Olmec society and culture available.

Breaking new ground in Olmec studies, this book reveals the complexity and diversity of 'America's first civilization'.

A survey of the Olmec culture and people which flourished in Mesoamerica's Formative, or Preclassical, period--from 2,000 B.C. to A.D. 100.

Rosenswig proposes that we understand Early Formative Mesoamerica as an archipelago of complex societies.

Masterly....The complexities of Mexico's ancient cultures are perceptively presented and interpreted.--Library Journal