[Aztlan] The Olmec site of El Carrizal

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

Archaeology Magazine has a report on the Olmec site of El Carrizal in  
Veracruz. There are 54 mounds at the site belonging to the Late  
Formative (400-100 BCE). Yokes, burials and Remojadas type pottery, an  
Aztec jar, figurines, musical instruments were found. Since its last  
study in 1961, half of the mounds have been built over or destroyed  
and there has been extensive looting. INAH decided to do an  
intervention in 2008. In south central Veracruz, where the site is  
located, local traditions assimilated Olmec styles until the Terminal  
Formative (100 BCE-100 CE) when a new cultural style emerged from  
Chiapas and Guatemala. The transition from original to Olmec to the  
Terminal Formative can be seen clearly in the artifacts from El  
Carrizal. Archaeology Magazine will perform a high tech study at the  
site to learn more about the site and its complete chronological  
sequence in its interactive dig.

Archaeology Magazine has the report here;
http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/veracruz/

Mike Ruggeri

Mike Ruggeri's The Olmec World
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Mike Ruggeri's Olmec Art Portfolio
http://tinyurl.com/l3bzw5