Recipiente ritual y tapón olmecas (900-500 a.C.) de serpentina cubierto de pigmento rojo. Museo de Miho #olmecas #olmecs #precolombino #precolumbian

Figura olmeca (1200-800 a.C.) de tierra cocida del siglo II a.C. de un bebé con un pene en lugar de torso. Pudo ser significativa en un culto a la fertilidad, la tierra y el agua. Colección antigua Guy Joussemet #olmecas #olmecs #precolumbian #precolombino #thatsapenis

My review of the book The True History of Chocolate by Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe #Aztecs #bookreview #cacao #cacaobean #CentralAmerica #chocolate #colonialera #colonialism #genocide #history #Mayans #nonfictionbooks #Olmecs #SouthAmerica #Spaniards

https://thoughtsfromthemountaintop.com/2023/09/06/book-review-the-true-history-of-chocolate-by-sophie-d-coe-and-michael-d-coe/

"'The mountain-cave-mouth symbolic complex acquired a high iconographic value throughout Mesoamerica from very early times, giving rise over the millennia to increasingly complex sets of images,' according to a book written by the father-son scholarly duo Alfredo Lopez Austin and Leonardo Lopez Lujan."

Back in Mexico, 'Earth Monster' Sculpture Points to Ancient Beliefs

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/back-mexico-earth-monster-sculpture-points-ancient-beliefs-2023-05-27/ via Reuters
Photo via Reuters
#Olmec #Olmecs #Mexico #Mesoamerica #Anthropology #Archeology

Deffo a #PapaNoel #Santa vibe to this #MonteAlban #Father #Christmas looky-like, #SeparatedAtBirth! #LoveOaxaca #Mexico #History #Archaeologhy #Anthropology #Olmecs,#Zapotecs #Mixtecs