Colossal Head.Olmec refers to the culture of southern Vera Cruz and Tabasco that existed during the Pre-Classic Period (1500BC-AD150). The influence of Olmec art and religious beliefs--which included ritual ball courts where losing players were sacrificed--spread far beyond the boundaries of their region to influence nearly all of Mexico. The Olmec are the oldest known culture in Pre-Hispanic Mexico. San Lorenzo San Lorenzo, town, S Honduras, on the Gulf of Fonseca. Its satellite, Henecán is the chief Pacific port of Honduras. Henecán's modern port facilities and deepwater harbor and channel approach were constructed in the late 1970s after the old port at was one of three large Olmec cities and one of the first major urban centers of the Olmec. It was inhabited as early as 1700BC. San Lorenzo, like all Olmec cities, was laid out on a central axis, surrounding a central, ceremonial pyramid built of pounded earth. Such stone carving
Stone carving is an ancient activity where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by the controlled removal of stone. greatly influenced the Mayans who also decorated their cities with portraits of rulers carved in stone Adj. 1. carved in stone - no longer changeable; "the agreement is not yet set in stone" set in stone unchangeable - not changeable or subject to change; "a fixed and unchangeable part of the germ plasm"-Ashley Montagu; "the unchangeable seasons"; "one of the . These large carved heads were placed on the four sides of the platform located at the base of the centrally located pyramids in Olmec cities. Six colossal heads Track listing
tr.v. de·faced, de·fac·ing, de·fac·es 1. To mar or spoil the appearance or surface of; disfigure. 2. To impair the usefulness, value, or influence of. 3. and buried around 900 BC, when San Lorenzo declined. The fact that all the colossal heads contain differing features supports the idea that they are portraits of rulers rather than images of gods. |
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