Olmec

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Las cabezas colosales olmecas son por lo menos diecisiete representaciones monumentales de piedra de cabezas humanas esculpidas en grandes rocas de basalto. La fecha de éstas cabezas es por lo menos antes de 900 AC y son un rasgo distintivo de la civilización olmeca de la antigua Mesoamérica.
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Olmecs - Monument 19, from La Venta, the earliest known representation of a feathered serpent in Mesoamerica. Courtesy George & Audrey Delange
a stone head on display in a museum
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Olmec Heads - scans of the 17 Olmec heads discovered so far; from Micah Wright's website. Colossal ancient Olmec head from San Lorenzo, Tenochtitlan, Mexico. c.1500 BC. Gulf coast of Mexico, there were about 20 discovered together. They are ruler portraits that have individual characteristics. Jaguar paws - everything resides in their heads - power. Fit into ritual and power structure.
an ancient mask is on display in a museum case, with the image of a man's face carved into it
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a large stone head sitting in the middle of a garden
Ancient Olmec Civilization existed before the Aztecs and Mayan's appeared in South America.:
the face of an ancient statue is shown in this image, it appears to be made out of stone
Olmec Colossal Head
Olmec Colossal Head No. 1, basalt, 1200-900 B.C., Mexico, discovered in 1939
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Olmec Head at Tulsa Zoo
The backs of the monuments often are flat. The boulders were brought from the Sierra de los Tuxtlas mountains it is thought that the monuments represent portraits of powerful individual Olmec rulers. Each of the known examples has a distinctive headdress. The heads were variously arranged in lines or groups at major Olmec centres, but the method and logistics used to transport the stone to these sites remain unclear.
three stone heads are on display in a museum
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Olmec Head at Tulsa Zoo
The backs of the monuments often are flat. The boulders were brought from the Sierra de los Tuxtlas mountains it is thought that the monuments represent portraits of powerful individual Olmec rulers. Each of the known examples has a distinctive headdress. The heads were variously arranged in lines or groups at major Olmec centres, but the method and logistics used to transport the stone to these sites remain unclear.
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