Olmec Heads

Breaking down in Villahermosa in Eastern Mexico near Veracruz, may seem like a drag, but it also has a silver lining. Villahermosa is home to a really large collection of Olmec heads as well as a massive collection of lesser known Olmec sculptures. These sculptures are massive and heavy and are the oldest monuments in pre-hispanic Mexico dating from between 1200B.C.E. and 600CE. http://www.crystalinks.com/olmec.html . Figures range from representations of monkeys to dolphins and holy men living in caves. Surprisingly, many of the figures reflect modernist principles of simplicity and abstraction.


Many of the heads are 8 feet tall or more and were buried beneath the jungle until found.