Olmec Religion - Luckert

Olmec Religion: A Key to Middle America and Beyond by Karl W. Luckert is No. 137 in the Civilization of the American Indian Series. From the blurb: ' Here is a new and revolutionary interpretation of the oldest religion in the Middle American civilization. A historian of religions proposes that it was a serpent, not the commonly represented jaguar, that was the religious symbol of the ancient Olmecs, who occupied south-eastern Mexico.' Illustrated with drawings and b&w photographs. Hardcover. 185pp.