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.
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| 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. |
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).
Image Menu (each of these images are links)
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