Figure 1: Map of the Olmec sites located in Southern Mexico
Figure 2: Quarries of serpentinite (antigorite) in Cuicatlán Oaxaca
Figure 3: XRD from a sample of serpentinite from Cuicatlán Oaxaca
Figure 4: Petrography of a sample of serpentinite from Cuicatlán
Figure 5: Micro-photograph of a thin-section of a sample from Cuicatlán, Oaxaca (FoV: 4.5mm)
Figure 6: A sample of serpentinite from Tehuitzingo, Puebla
Figure 7: Micro-photograph of a sample of serpentinite from Tehuitzingo, Puebla (FoV: 4.5mm)
Figure 8: XRD difractogram of a sample of serpentinite from Tehuitzingo, Puebla
Figure 9: Petrography of a sample of serpentinite from Tehuitzingo, Puebla
Figure 10: A serpentinite axe recycled as a pendant
Figure 11: A massive offering containing more than a ton of serpentinite
Figure 12: A mosaic of serpentinite, part of a massive offering, now exhibited in Villaherosa, Tabasco
Figure 13: XRD difractogram of stele Mon. 25/26 from La Venta
Figure 14: Stele 25/26 From La Venta
Figure 15: Petrography of a sample of the stele Mon. 25/26 from La Venta
Figure 16: View of Building C of La Venta. An earthen mound, 30m in height
Figure 17: Topography of Building C of La Venta
Figure 18: Southern side of Building C from La Venta. All the green monuments were made from serpentinite
Figure 19: NAA analysis of Olmec archaeological sites and quarries
Figure 20: PIXE analysis of serpentinite (antigorite): TE (Tehuitzingo, Puebla)?; CU (Cuicatlan, Oaxaca)?; SL (San Lorenzo-Tenochtitlan, Veracruz) +; LM (La Merced, Veracruz)?; LV (La Venta, Tabasco)?. Boundary ellipses are drawn at 95 per cent level of confidence interval and the variables are transformed into log10
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