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Olmec
| The Olmec civilisation flourished between ca 1200 and 400 years BCE in the warm tropical lowlands bordering the Gulf of Mexico. San Lorenzo de Tenochtitlán and La Venta are the principal sites. |
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head over 2m high carved in basalt | A
head over 2m high carved in basalt | A
head over 2m high carved in basalt | A
head over 2m high carved in basalt |
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'El
Rey' -The King, the largest carved head | 'El
Rey' -The King, the largest carved head | The
figure with a cloak | A
bare breasted female figure |
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An
altar rock | The
figure in the altar | An
altar rock | An
altar rock |
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The
figure in the altar | Altar
rock with a child figure | Figure
with hat on the side of the altar rock /left | A
mosaic and basalt columns |
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The
'grandmother' figure with a bowl | The
'grandmother' figure with a bowl | A
snapping turtle | A
head facing the heavens |
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A
head facing the heavens | Two
carved figures face each other | The
'Fantastic Serpent' | Politico-
religious carving - Stele 2 |
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Politico-religious
carving | Figures
on Stele 3 | The
'Standard Bearer' | A
bearded face |
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Fertility
figurine | Wrestler |
Wrestler |
Wrestler |
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Vessel
with spout | Stone
head | Ceramic
head | Bearded
man |
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Were-jaguar | Were-jaguar | Wrestler | Contortionist |
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Ceramic
figurine | Ceramic
figurine | 'Baby
face' | Fertility
figurine |
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Counting
system | Alvarado
stela | The
'Fantastic Serpent' | Jade
figure |
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Jade
figure | Jade
figure | Jade
objects | Jade
objects |
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Ball
player | Hatchets |
Jade
figure | Jade
face |
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Jade
face | Jade
face | Jade
animal | La
Venta site |
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La
Venta site | La
Venta site | La
Venta site | La
Venta site |
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| Museo del Sitio | Museo del Sitio |
