La Venta

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Mesoamerican archaeological site Olmec site archaeological site

La Venta is an important ancient Olmec archaeological site in present-day Tabasco, Mexico, known for its colossal stone heads and early Mesoamerican ceremonial architecture.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
La Venta canonical 14
La Venta archaeological site 4
La Venta Pyramid 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican archaeological site ⓘ
Olmec site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith Olmec civilization ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culture Olmec civilization ⓘ
currentCondition partially preserved ⓘ
discoveredIn 1920s ⓘ
endDate c. 400 BCE ⓘ
excavatedBy Matthew Stirling ⓘ
Philip Drucker ⓘ
Robert Heizer ⓘ
Waldo Wedel ⓘ
firstMajorInvestigations 1940s ⓘ
floruit c. 900–400 BCE ⓘ
followedBy Tres Zapotes ⓘ
function ceremonial center ⓘ
political center ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
hasPart Altars ⓘ
Colossal Heads ⓘ
Complex A ⓘ
Complex B ⓘ
Complex C ⓘ
Complex B ⓘ
surface form: Complex D

Great Plaza ⓘ
Great Pyramid ⓘ
Stelae ⓘ
knownFor altars and thrones ⓘ
basalt monuments ⓘ
ceremonial architecture ⓘ
colossal stone heads ⓘ
complex urban-ceremonial layout ⓘ
early Mesoamerican monumental art ⓘ
earthen pyramids ⓘ
locatedIn Mexico ⓘ
Tabasco ⓘ
municipality of Huimanguillo ⓘ
materialUsed basalt ⓘ
clay ⓘ
earth fill ⓘ
notableFeature burials with rich offerings ⓘ
earliest known large pyramid in Mesoamerica built of earth ⓘ
mosaic pavements made of serpentine blocks ⓘ
numberOfColossalHeads at least 4 ⓘ
orientation north–south axis ⓘ
partiallyDestroyedBy petroleum industry activities ⓘ
precededBy San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán ⓘ
region Gulf Coast of Mexico ⓘ
startDate c. 1200 BCE ⓘ
timePeriod Formative period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
surface form: Middle Formative period

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mesoamerica → majorSite → La Venta ⓘ
Olmec civilization → majorSite → La Venta ⓘ
San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán → followedBy → La Venta ⓘ
Formative period of Mesoamerica → hasSite → La Venta ⓘ
Tres Zapotes → near → La Venta ⓘ
Great Pyramid → locatedIn → La Venta ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Pyramid at La Venta
Great Pyramid → partOf → La Venta ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Pyramid at La Venta
this entity surface form: La Venta archaeological site
municipality of Huimanguillo → contains → La Venta ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Venta archaeological site
municipality of Huimanguillo → contains → La Venta ⓘ
municipality of Huimanguillo → hasCulturalHeritageSite → La Venta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Olmec site of La Venta
Complex A → partOf → La Venta ⓘ
Complex A → locatedIn → La Venta ⓘ
Complex A → associatedWithSite → La Venta ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Venta Pyramid
Complex C → partOf → La Venta ⓘ
Complex C → locatedIn → La Venta ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Venta archaeological site
Great Plaza → partOf → La Venta ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Plaza (La Venta)
Great Plaza → locatedIn → La Venta ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Plaza (La Venta)
this entity surface form: La Venta archaeological site
Great Plaza → associatedWith → La Venta ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Plaza (La Venta)
this entity surface form: La Venta ceremonial core
Colossal Heads → notableSite → La Venta ⓘ
Complex B → locatedIn → La Venta ⓘ
Complex B → partOf → La Venta ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Venta ceremonial center
Complex B → discoveredAt → La Venta ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Venta archaeological excavations
Villahermosa → nearbyArchaeologicalSite → La Venta ⓘ
Archaeological Monuments Zone of Mexico → includes → La Venta ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Venta archaeological zone