SOUTH AMERICAN PICTURES
 
 
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.
 
Olmec
Olmec
Olmec
Olmec
A 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
Olmec
Olmec
Olmec
Olmec
'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
Olmec
Olmec
Olmec
Olmec
An altar rock
The figure in the altar
An altar rock
An altar rock
Olmec
Olmec
Olmec
Olmec
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
Olmec
Olmec
Olmec
Olmec
The 'grandmother' figure with a bowl
The 'grandmother' figure with a bowl
A snapping turtle
A head facing the heavens
Olmec
Olmec
Olmec
Olmec
A head facing the heavens
Two carved figures face each other
The 'Fantastic Serpent'
Politico- religious carving - Stele 2
Olmec
Olmec
Olmec
Olmec
Politico-religious carving
Figures on Stele 3
The 'Standard Bearer'
A bearded face
olmec
olmec
olmec
olmec
Fertility figurine
Wrestler
Wrestler
Wrestler
olmec
olmec
olmec
olmec
Vessel with spout
Stone head
Ceramic head
Bearded man
olmec
olmec
olmec
olmec
Were-jaguar
Were-jaguar
Wrestler
Contortionist
olmec
olmec
olmec
olmec
Ceramic figurine
Ceramic figurine
'Baby face'
Fertility figurine
olmec
olmec
olmec
olmec
Counting system
Alvarado stela
The 'Fantastic Serpent'
Jade figure
olmec
olmec
olmec
olmec
Jade figure
Jade figure
Jade objects
Jade objects
olmec
olmec
olmec
olmec
Ball player
Hatchets
Jade figure
Jade face
olmec
olmec
olmec
Olmec
Jade face
Jade face
Jade animal
La Venta site
Olmec
Olmec
Olmec
Olmec
La Venta site
La Venta site
La Venta site
La Venta site
Olmec
Olmec
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