![]() Participants depart for home from Villahermosa. In Villahermosa we’ll visit the Parque-Museo La Venta, a magnificent outdoor sculpture garden that displays some of La Venta’s most significant artifacts. On our way to Villahermosa, we’ll explore the Olmec site of La Venta, which was first occupied before 600 B.C. and was first excavated by Stirling in 1945. We’ll tour the Olmec center of San Lorenzo, which dominated the region from 1200 to 900 B.C. We’ll travel south to Minatitlan where we’ll spend the next two evenings. We’ll also visit the museum at Santiago Tuxtla. 200, at the end of the Olmec period and into the transition period from Olmec to Maya. Matthew Stirling’s pioneering work in 1939 demonstrated that Tres Zapotes was occupied from about 500 B.C. Without an archaeological context to classify these unusual stone carvings, there was much speculation in the late 1800s about an African origin. We’ll visit Tres Zapotes, where the first Olmec colossal heads were discovered in 1869. We’ll return to Veracruz and spend the evening. We’ll visit the Late-Huastec/Post-Classic Castillo de Teayo, constructed around A.D. ![]() Containing 17 ball courts and a number of pyramids and structures, the early constructions feature distinctive Teotihuacán-style influences that include frets, scrolls, and images of Quetzalcoatl. ![]() We’ll visit El Tajín, the famous Totonac capital occupied between A.D. We’ll spend two evenings in the bustling commercial center of Poza Rica. We’ll visit Quiahuiztlan, a Totonac site with Toltec-style features dating to around A.D. 1000, we’ll view a cluster of pyramids and unusual circular structures. The site contains 24 ball courts and almost 3,000 residential terraces.Īt Zempoala, a Totonac site dating from A.D. With a population of 40,000, Cantona flourished following the collapse of Teotihuacán, and may have affected Teotihuacán’s access to the Gulf Coast. We’ll travel to Cantona, which was occupied from 100 B.C. We’ll spend the next two evenings in Xalapa. In the afternoon we’ll visit the Xalapa museum, which contains the world’s best Olmec collection. In the morning we’ll see La Antigua, the original site of the city of Veracruz, as well as Villa Rica, the probable landing site of Cortés in 1519. We’ll also visit the Castillo de San Juan de Ulúa, a massive Spanish fort constructed beginning in the 1530s. We’ll explore the city of Veracruz, founded in the early 1500s after Hernán Cortés landed at Villa Rica just north of the city. Thursday, January 11 Join us for a welcome reception in Veracruz, where we’ll spend the next two evenings. Travel along on our 2018 trip read and watch video of the stunning Cantona site “Veracruz: Gateway to Mesoamerica – Travelogue” ! To join us on this tour, or for further information, contact us at or by phone at (505) 266-1540. Read blog “ Traveling Professor Henderson’s World of the Ancient Maya“. John Henderson, noted scholar on the Maya and Professor of anthropology at Cornell University. Nestled in a tropical paradise, lost cities, unique architecture, and archaeological sites that defy current cultural classification await our arrival. Join us in Veracruz, Mexico’s oldest port city, for an exciting look at the Ancient Olmec, Totonac, Huastec, Aztec and later Spanish cultures that have dominated the region for thousands of years How Much: $2,995 per person ($325 single supplement) Professor Henderson speaking to an Archaeological Conservancy group at San Lorenzo site of the famous Olmec Stone heads and earliest of the great Mesoamerican Cities.
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