The social structure of Olmec consists of two groups: the main population, or common people we can say, and the elite. The common people used to work on the farms or with the watering or the irrigation systems in rural areas, providing food for the population which the elite lived apart of. The elite class consists of religious figures, rulers, and skilled craftsmen. In order to get the power and authority, It has been believed that rulers would usually correlate themselves with different gods, and the elite controlled by taking control over business and expensive imported materials.
