The Large, Carved Basalt Heads That Characterize the Olmec Probably

question 93

Multiple Choice

The large, carved basalt heads that characterize the Olmec probably are:

• A) depictions of actual Olmec rulers
• B) depictions of prehistoric African visitors to the New World
• C) Olmec gods
• D) representations of the first Spanish visitors in the sixteenth century

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