Question

Which early large-scale society is often considered the mother culture of mesoamerica?.

Answer 1

Because the heritage of these Olmec innovations can be traced in later Mesoamerican art and material culture, Mesoamericanists have referred since the 1940s to the Olmec as Mesoamerica's “mother culture” (Bernal 1969; Covarrubias 1942, 1957).