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La Venta is a pre-Columbian archaeological site of the Olmec civilization located in the present-day 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.
La Venta is a fossil locality located in the modern departments of Tolima and Huila in Colombia. This site is one of the richest Neogene fossil assemblages in South America and represents the best-known Cenozoic fossil site outside of Argentina. It provides a glimpse of what life in the region was like before the main wave of the Great American ...
Ixkun is a large site containing many unrestored mounds and ruins and is the best known archaeological site within the municipality of Dolores. [13] It was the capital of one of the four largest kingdoms in the upper Mopan Valley. [14] Stela 1 at Ixkun is one of the tallest stone monuments in the entire Petén Basin. [15]
La Venta is an archaeological site of Mexico. La Venta may also refer to: La Venta (Colombia), a fossil locality in Colombia; La Venta, Francisco Morazán, a municipality in Honduras; La Venta, Asturias, a parish in Spain; La Venta River (Mexico) La Venta River (Puerto Rico)
Zona arqueológica La Venta / La Venta archaeological site Tabasco, Mexico Photo taken by Hajor, Aug.2005.
San Lorenzo and the Olmec heartland.. Matthew Stirling was the first to begin excavations on the site after a visit in 1938. [12] Between 1946 and 1970, four archaeological projects were undertaken, including one Yale University study headed by Michael Coe and Richard Diehl conducted between 1966 and 1968, followed by a lull until 1990.
La Venta; Tres Zapotes; Laguna de los Cerros - the least researched and least important of the major sites. Smaller sites include: El Manatí, an Olmec sacrificial bog. El Azuzul, on the southern edge of the San Lorenzo area. San Andrés, near La Venta. Important heartland finds not associated with any archaeological site include:
San Andrés is notable for the ancient pollen and seeds recovered there. Although the humid rainy tropical lowlands have made quick work of organic substances, including Olmec skeletal remains, the multi-disciplinary research team delved below the water table, hoping that the preservative nature of water-logged soil would enable them to retrieve ancient samples.