MEXICO

Olmec

Colossal head No. 1.  This was found directly south of the Great Pyramid at La Venta, ritually buried.  All of the many colossal heads are carved of basalt from the Tuxtla Mountains about 70 miles from La Venta and floated on giant balsa rafts or dragged that distance.  Probably a portrait of an actual ruler and/or priest.

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