flyinolme" when i first saw it, i noticed that the headdress on the flying person was very much like nument 19 in la vea. not identical, but they were carved in theame way. so there is a connection in some of the art at chaltzingo with la venta's art. thlocati of chalcatzingo, a huge series of valley systems coming together, sort of suggests that maybe chalcaingo functioned as a gateway city through which goods from across central mexico, and perhaps even western mexico, funneled into chalcatzingo and then moved eastward toward the gulf coast. obre in the valley of mexico,n the outskirts ofexico city, archologts have excavated graves from about 900 b.c. containing clay figures and pottery of the olmec style. other olmec objects have been found in the surrounding highlands and as far south as honduras and costa rica. the wide distribution of olmec works of art suggests that many centers participated in the development of the style. distt vies were evidenyany linked through trade in cacao, white clay for pottery, obsidian, animal skins, and the most precious commodity of all, jade. its neares