Museo de Antropologia
Jalapa Or Xalapa - Enríquez, Veracruz, Mexico.
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"The Las Limas Monument One".
Also Known As "The Las Limas Figure" & "The Señor de las Limas".
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| "The Las Limas Monument One". Also Known As "The Las Limas Figure" & "The Señor de las Limas". |
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The Veracruz University's Museum Of Anthropology is devoted to all of the archaeology of Veracruz and not just the Olmec culture in Mexico. The large photo on this page is Olmec. It is the Las Limas Monument One. It is a greenstone figure of a youth holding a limp were - jaguar baby. The statue was discovered in near Jesús Carranza, Veracruz, by two local children, Rosa and Severiano Paschal Manuel. Dug out and taken to their nearby home, it was declared the "La Virgen de las Limas" and set up on its own altar. After promising to keep "The Señor de las Limas" on display — and to build a local school — archaeologists moved the sculpture to the Xalapa Museum of Anthropology. "The Señor de las Limas" was then stolen from the museum, in October 1970, to be found later in a motel room in San Antonio, Texas. It is back on display! This page will mainly show a sample of the works of some of the other cultures in Veracruz. One interesting culture is the Remojadas culture, which also applies to an archaeological site, as well as an artistic style that flourished on Mexico's Veracruz Gulf Coast from perhaps 100 BCE to 800 CE. The Remojadas culture is considered part of the larger Classic Veracruz culture. The Remojadas culture is known for its Sonrientes (smiling faces), featuring very wide smiles on curiously shaped—almost triangular—faces. Often there is only a Sonrientes head. Other times they are attached to childlike bodies which outstretched arms and displayed palms. They almost always are smiling usually showing their teeth and, on occasion, they may be sticking their tongue sout between their teeth. Smiles are unusual in Mesoamerican art! Again, we will only show pictures of exhibits in this museum that impressed us. This is a museum that you must visit to appreciate. Plan to spend a day there if you can. There are some examples of the wheel being used as well as axe blades that some researchers say never existed in Mesoamerica. But, here they are! We are including pictures of several pottery items that were created by the cult that worshiped the surrounding caves and the beings who lived in them. These were represented by deities that acquired the attributes of bats and vampires. Some of the pottery pieces were used to ignite live coals and resins in their interiors releasing aromatic gases into the air. We visited this museum on January 18, 2004 and all of our photos on this page were taken on that date.
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A great place to stay when visiting the Veracruz University's Museum Of Anthropology in Jalapa is the brand new Crowne Plaza Hotel XALAPA, VER; AV. RUIZ CORTINES 912 XALAPA, 91010 MEXICO The Crowne Plaza Xalapa Hotel is the only 5 star luxury hotel in the City ideal for business and pleasure. The Crowne Plaza Xalapa Hotel is a modern style hotel offering full services in the city. It is located at the exit from the Mexico City highway, two blocks from Secretaria de Finanzas, only 10 minutes from Down Town, 15 minutes from Plaza Animas and The newest Plaza Americas Only 20 minutes from Coatepec and 40 minutes from Jalcomulco where you can enjoy Rafting, or Rapeling in the Pescados river Level II and III. It is within walking distance of the Anthropology Museum and the Centro de Especialidades Medicas We have links on this page that will connect you with the Crowne Plaza Xalapa Hotel. You can fly into Jalapa by flying into the General Heriberto Jara International Airport or Veracruz International Airport (IATA: VER, ICAO: MMVR) which is an international airport located at Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico. It handles national and international air traffic for the city of Veracruz. Then you can fly from there to the small airport at Jalapa. The city of Xalapa is served by the small, El Lencero Airport, located 15 minutes by road from the city. The airlines that arrive at the city include Aeromar, Aeroméxico and Mexicana. There is also bus service from Veracruz to Jalapa. We suggest getting a hotel in Jalapa and then letting them arrange either a car or a tour of Jalapa. If you call their Concierge Services ahead of your arrival, all of this can be pre-arranged for you. We do this all the time, when traveling in Mexico. It is safe and it works!!! We have never experienced a problem doing it this way! There are hotels and motels in the area, and if you need a place to stay; Priceline.com can arrange that for you. In fact, we think they are the best way to do it! We have personally, booked flights, hotels, and vacations, through Priceline.com and we can highly recommend them. Their website is very easy to use! We have some links to Priceline.com on this page, since they can arrange all of your air flights, hotels and car. We of course, appreciate your use of the advertising on our pages, since it helps us to keep our pages active.
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| Bat Incense Burner. Mayan Cult Of Camazotz. | Bat Incense Burner. Mayan Cult Of Camazotz. |
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| Vampire Bat. Mayan Cult Of Camazotz. | Vampire Bat. Mayan Cult Of Camazotz. |
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| Stela from Aparicio, Vera Cruz. A Sacrificed Ballplayer, 400-700 CE This Style Is Similar To The Finca El Baúl, Stela From The Cotzumalguapa Nuclear Zone In Guatemala. | Beautiful Landscaping Inside Museum. Typical Of Vera Cruz. |
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| Child In Swing Pottery. Swinging Remojadas Figurine. 300 CE to 900 CE. Remojadas Is At Veracruz Gulf Coast. | Child In Swing Pottery Swinging Remojadas Figurine 300 CE to 900 CE. Remojadas Is At Veracruz Gulf Coast |
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| Two Children In Swing Pottery. Swinging Remojadas Figurines. 300 CE to 900 CE. Remojadas Is At Veracruz Gulf Coast. | Two Children In Swing Pottery. Swinging Remojadas Figurines. 300 CE to 900 CE. Remojadas Is At Veracruz Gulf Coast. |
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| Senor de Ozuluama. Culture Huaxteca Ozuloama, Veracruz 1,200-1,521 D.C. Huaxteca Ozuloama Area Is At Veracruz Gulf Coast. | A Man Eaten By A Toad Monster. Symbol Of Earth. Eating The Dead. Hole In Chest Where Green Stone Was Placed For God Of The Dead. Huaxteca Ozuloama Area Is At Veracruz Gulf Coast. |
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| Axe Blades. Culture Huaxteca Ozuloama, Veracruz 1,200-1,521 D.C. Huaxteca Ozuloama Area Is At Veracruz Gulf Coast. | Large Axe Blades. Culture Huaxteca Ozuloama, Veracruz 1,200-1,521 D.C. Huaxteca Ozuloama Area Is At Veracruz Gulf Coast. |
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| Wheel Toy. | Wheel Toy. |
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| Wheel Toys Are Evidence That The Mesoamerican People Used The Wheel. From Tampico Area. Veracruz Gulf Coast. | Ceramic Mold Shows How Ceramics Were Made From Tampico Area Veracruz Gulf Coast. |
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| Stone Storage Box From Tampico Area. Veracruz Gulf Coast. | Zoomorph. From Tampico Area. Veracruz Gulf Coast. |
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