A sacred bog in El Manati provides evidence of child sacrifice and also yielded figurines in this civilization's "elongated man" style, while stelae found in La Venta possibly indicate that site as a ceremonial center of the San Lorenzo phase, placed in the Early Formative Period.
So-called human-jaguar copulation scenes can be found in the art of this people. A sacred bog in El Manati provides evidence of child sacrifice and also yielded figurines in this civilization's "elongated man" style, while stelae found in La Venta possibly indicate that site as a ceremonial center of the San Lorenzo phase, placed in the Early Formative Period. Depictions of these people are reminiscent of African or Chinese physiognomy, causing much speculation about these people's origins, who suddenly disappeared around 400 BCE. For 10 points, name this early Mesoamerican civilization most famous for 17 colossal stone heads carved from basalt.
So-called human-jaguar copulation scenes can be found in the art of this people.
Olmecs