Pre-Columbian Proto-Maya Olmecoid Figure – Chalchuapa, El Salvador academic study

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Two eagles standing left on a thunderbolt

600–900 CE

bent knees

Funerary figures of this type were created for placement within tombs during the Tang Dynasty

Pre-Columbian Proto-Maya Olmecoid Figure – Chalchuapa, El Salvador academic studyPre Columbian Chalchuapa Seated Figure Chalchuapa, El Salvador, Late Preclassic Period, ca. 500 BCE250 CE This finely modeled ceramic figure originates from the important ceremonial center of Chalchuapa, one of the principal cultural and political centers of the Late Preclassic Maya world in western El Salvador. Rendered in a seated posture with legs splayed and hands resting upon the abdomen, the figure displays broad Olmecoid facial features,