Sculpture de basalte, chef numéro 10, musée à San Lorenzo Veracruz, Mexique, 1200 avant J.-C. à 900 av. J.-C. culture olmèque, l'Etat de Veracruz.

• Contributeur: David Hilbert / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: A4CRBX
• Taille du fichier: 63,6 MB (2,2 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 3900 x 5700 px | 33 x 48,3 cm | 13 x 19 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 2006
• Lieu: San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan, Veracruz, Mexico,

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Colossal head # 10 sculpted from a 20- ton block of basalt brought 60 miles from the Tuxtla Mountains in the museum at San Lorenzo Veracruz State, Mexico. 10 colossal heads were found at the Olmec city on the site which was active from 1200 BC to 900 BC on the Coatzacoalcos River drainage system. First excavated by Archaeologist Mathew Stirling in 1941 and later by Archaeologists Michael Coe and Richard Diehl in 1967, the site as mapped by the Coe expedition shows artificial enlargement of plateaus to 150 feet in height on which the Olmecs built their settlement on what was then an Island. An extensive system of basalt tiles, some of which are in the small museum at the site, show engineering prowess by the inhabitants of the Olmec city and have been proposed as potable water carrying aqueducts.

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