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- 1 0 Corncobs increased in size: around 6000 BC they were only 3 cm long but by 1500 BC they approached modern size.
- 2 0 Preserved remains of cob, from the SanMarcos Cave in the Tehuacan Valley
- 3 0 A colossal head from La Venta, possibly a portrait of a ruler wearing a helmet for protection in the ballgame.
- 4 0 A jade votive axe, carved in the form of the Olmec 'were-jaguar', a baby-faced god with a cleft skull.
- 5 0 A helmeted figure is shown seated within the coils of a Plumed Serpent: probably a mythological or religious scene.
- 6 0 This scene seems to show a victim stripped naked, a humiliation later typical of the treatment of sacrificed captives.
- 7 0 A view of Chalcatzingo, a centre contemporary with and influenced by the Olmec.
- 8 0 A typical white Olmec figurine from Tlatilco in the valley of Mexico.
- 10 0 A figurine from Tlatilco, made in a local style very different from that of the Olmec.
- 14 0 A bas relief from Chalcatzingo depicting a figure in a monster-mouth cave, with rainclouds above.
- 9 0 Rare blue jade, used for one of the few known busts of an Olmec woman.
- 11 0 A relief of a figure with many Olmec characteristics, such as the helmet and baby face, from Chalchuapa.
- 12 0 Magnetite mirrors from the village of San Jose Mogote in the Oaxaca Valley.
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