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Ancient Americas: The Olmec Heads

The Ancients

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The Origins of the Stones

We know that these stones were primarily being brought from the Tushla Mountains to the north. Depending on which site you're looking at they would have traveled between 60 and 100 120 kilometers. There is some recent research proposing that perhaps rather than bringing them via the riverways they were transporting some or all of the stones via the coastline.

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