Megalithic Portal: Latest from Tabasco, Mexico

El Tortuguero

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:54:03 GMT

]]>. Ancient City in Tabasco.A small Classic Era Maya city, the El Tortuguero site was identified in the early 1900's, and was never professionally surveyed or excavated before being destroyed as a limestone quarry for a cement plant. It is known today only by its inscription stones and other associated epigraphic remains.

Museo Regional de Antropologia Carlos Pellier

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:07:07 GMT

]]>. Museum in Tabasco.This is Tabasco's main regional museum for archaeology and anthropology. Its focus is Olmes and Maya art and artefacts from Tabasco state, but artefacts from other states are also on display to further inform the displays of regional finds.

Parque Museo La Venta

Wed, 18 May 2011 15:54:49 GMT

]]>Article in Time magazine about an Olmec Art exhibition in Washington . Sculptured Stone in Tabasco, Mexico. The Museum-park was created in Tabasco's capital city, Villahermosa, specifically to house Olmec finds (1200-400BCE) from the La Venta area to protect them from destruction. The area was being exploited for its wealth of oil deposits, and it was felt that the carved stelae and giant Olmec heads were both doomed to destruction, and were inaccessible to the general public, as part of their heritage.

Comalcalco

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:17:40 GMT

]]>Mayan glyphs detail priest's life, blood sacrifices.. Ancient Settlement in Tabasco.Westernmost major Mayan settlement. Pyramids and temple structures grouped around plazas. Major buildings were made from fired clay brick and oyster shell mortar, as opposed to the more typical material of quarried limestone.