A
picture is worth a thousand words, so here are some images from the
Carlos Pellicer Museum, the state of Tabasco's regional anthropology
museum.
Featuring
ancient Olmec and Maya Art and Sculpture
Olmec figure over 3000 years old. The Olmecs are
the earliest civilization in pre-Hispanic Mexico who created such sophisticated
art. The FLAAR Photo Archive covers all the major archaeological cultures
of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, from the Olmec of 1200 BC to the Aztec of
1500 AD.
Image Menu (each
of these images are links)
When jade is burnt it sometimes turns chalky white.
The Art & Archaeology Book Service, www.maya-art-books.org,
has all kinds of books on Olmec jade, Maya jade, and other artifacts.
We specialize in books which are out-of-print (which means that you cannot
find them in bookstores and not even on the Internet either).
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