the olmec heads have been bugging me for years and the 'who were they' debate is

the colossal heads. southern Mexico, Veracruz/Tabasco, the Olmec, the "mother culture" of Mesoamerica, like 1200-400 BC, way before the Maya or Aztec. seventeen heads found so far, 10 at San Lorenzo, 4 at La Venta. carved from single basalt boulders, some up to 3.4 meters, weighing up to 25 tons. an……