Ancient Americas: The Olmec Heads
The Ancients
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The History of the Olmec in Mesoamerica
Olmec objects from this formative period end up in burial caches in later Maya cities and they end up actually at the Templo Mayor in Mexico city today. So we do see that classic period people are referencing the Olmec either through keeping these heirloom objects or even by creating variations on Olmec stone monuments as you see in Vedicru. And I'm guessing that in turn so it's like tangent but that in turn links to learning more about the interconnected Mesoamerica world at that time period.
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