Mexican Pre-Hispanic Sites Image Gallery
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Identifier
020
Medium
Photograph
Date Created
10-1976
Country
Mexico
State
Tabasco
Cultures
Olmec Civilization
Periods
Middle Formative Period
Keywords
La Venta Site (Mexico)--Antiquities; Olmec sculpture; Olmec art;
Description
Alt Text: Flat stone mozaic on ground in abstract pattern in the foreground with trees and vegetation and a carved stone block in the background. Description: Large layout of blocks of serpentine on ground.
La Venta, Buried Mosaic, Blocks of Serpentine.
Copyright
©1976 Carl L. Thurman
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Type
Image
File Format
image/tiff
Recommended Citation
Thurman, Carl L., "La Venta, Monument [photo 06]" (1976). Mexican Pre-Hispanic Sites Image Gallery. 20.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mayan/20
Keywords
La Venta Site (Mexico)--Antiquities; Olmec sculpture; Olmec art;
Comments
La Venta is a pre-Columbian archaeological site of the Olmec civilization located in the Mexican state of Tabasco. Some of the artifacts have been moved to the museum "Parque - Museo de La Venta", which is in nearby Villahermosa, the capital of Tabasco.