La Venta Photographs

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Core Title La Venta Photographs

Collection description La Venta, Mexico, in the state of Tabasco is the site of an ancient Olmec civilization archaeological site. Most of the massive stone sculptures, including giant heads, as well as smaller artificts have been moved to the Parque -- Museo de La Venta in Villahermosa nearby, also in the state of Tabasco. Photographs included here include altars (nos. 3, 4, 5), monuments (nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 20, 56, 60, 63, 77), stelae(nos. 1, 2, 3), and other sculptures.

Creator Johnson, Payne B. (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1976-01, 1978-07, 1982-12, 1985-02, 1991-02

Coverage Temporal 1976-01, 1978-07, 1982-12, 1985-02, 1991-02

Place Name Central America (regions), La Venta (archaeological sites), Mexico (countries), North America (continents), Tabasco (states)

Subject Archaeological site location (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Format 40 photographs (extent), ruins (aat)

Internet Media Type multipart/related

Type images

Source 20210812-johnson-meso-shoaf (batch), La Venta Photographs (subcollection), Payne B. Johnson Latin American Photographs (collection), University of Southern California (contributing entity)

Identifier 2 (box), 0550 (collection number), johnson-olm (filename)