The Classic Period of the coast is characterized by the practice of creating large figures from clay which is unique to the prehispanics. The representation of the ancients was frequent in sites like Tres Zapotes and Cerro de las Mesas, the ancients were an image of ancestral authority and also symbolized fire with the urn on the head. This symbolizes the strength created at the beginning of life and was located deep in the earth like that which is seen at the El zapotal site on the Gulf Coast.
Cerro de las Mesas, Veracruz (AD 100-900)
Tres Zapotes нь Tres Zapotes дахь Mesoamerican sites , Mexico дахь аялал жуулчлалын нэг юм . Энэ нь байрладаг: 326 км -аас Veracruz, 590 км -аас Xalapa, 900 км -аас Puebla. Read further
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