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Site:  La Venta Schele Number:  4512 Description:  Two incised celts from offering 1942-c, mound a-2. left = vegetation sprouts from stylized cleft forehead; right = stylized head wears headband and carries knuckle-dusters. Artifact:   Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative Notes:  See also sd4514. Culture:  Olmec Iconographic Features:  Vegetation; Torch & Knuckle Duster Publications:  L. Schele, "The Olmec Mountain and Tree Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology," in The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, 1995:106, Fig. 1d See Also:  Schele Photos for "La Venta"

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Site:  La Venta Schele Number:  4513 Description:  Two incised celts from offering 1942-c, mound a-2, la venta, and one unprovenienced incised plaque. Artifact:   Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative Notes:  Plaque from upper balsas river basin; made of serpentine. Culture:  Olmec Object Size:  Right hand plaque = Iconographic Features:  Vegetation; Torch & Knuckle Duster Publications:  L. Schele, "The Olmec Mountain and Tree Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology," in The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, 1995:106, Fig. 1c, 1d, 3d; 311, Object 233 See Also:  Schele Photos for "La Venta"

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Site:  La Venta Schele Number:  4514 Description:  Incised celts, including, left to right: a = celt from offering 1942-c, mound a-2; b = celt with incised human profile and hand motif; c = profile with vegetation sprouting from cleft forehead; d = carved frontal face. Current Location:  A = Museo Nacional De Antropologia, Mexico City; B = Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New York Artifact:   Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative Notes:  See also sd4512. a = jade from la venta, tabasco; b = jade from tabasco Culture:  Olmec Object Size:  a = 14 x 7.5 x 2.7 c Iconographic Features:  Vegetation Publications:  L. Schele, "The Olmec Mountain and Tree Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology," in The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, 1995:106, Fig. 3a, 3c; 262, Fig. 1 E. P. Benson and B. de la Fuente, eds., Olmec art of Ancient Mexico, 1996:267, No. 116 See Also:  Schele Photos for "La Venta"

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Site:  La Venta Schele Number:  4518 Description:  Monument 8 showing an animal with a double-headed snake in its mouth. Artifact:   Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative Culture:  Olmec Iconographic Features:  Serpent Publications:  L. Schele, "The Olmec Mountain and Tree Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology," in The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, 1995:111, Fig. 16b See Also:  Schele Photos for "La Venta"

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Site:  La Venta Schele Number:  4520 Description:  Fragment of monument 44 with were-jaguar headdress and large, were-jaguar earrings. Artifact:   Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative Culture:  Olmec Publications:  L. Schele, "The Olmec Mountain and Tree Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology," in The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, 1995:108, Fig. 9b See Also:  Schele Photos for "La Venta"

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Site:  La Venta Schele Number:  4527 Description:  Monument 19 showing a figure surrounded by large feathered-rattlesnake. Architectural Feature:  Stela Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative Culture:  Olmec See Also:  Schele Photos for "La Venta"

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Site:  La Venta Schele Number:  4528 Description:  Upper left = offering 4; below left = profile of mound a-2; right = monument 6 Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative Culture:  Olmec See Also:  Schele Photos for "La Venta"

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Site:  La Venta Schele Number:  4529 Description:  Perspective drawing of complex a. pyramid (c-1) is interpreted as an effigy of san martin pajapan and the bounded court as a primordial sea. Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative Culture:  Olmec Publications:  D. Freidel, L. Schele and J. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path, 1993:134, Fig. 3:4 L. Schele, "The Olmec Mountain and Tree Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology," in The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, 1995:108, Fig. 10 See Also:  Schele Photos for "La Venta"

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Site:  La Venta Schele Number:  4531 Description:  Perspective reconstruction of tomb a, monument 7 with monument 6 visible at top. Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative Culture:  Olmec See Also:  Schele Photos for "La Venta"

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Site:  La Venta Schele Number:  4533 Description:  Incised celt from offering 4. Artifact:   Chronological Era:  Pre Classic - Formative Culture:  Olmec See Also:  Schele Photos for "La Venta"

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