stirling pugh: and sure enough, ere was a big head, a beautifully carved big head, much finer [d] more ndsome thanhe ones at la venta. regon: stirling proposed that these enigmatic sculptures wereortraits of prominent individuals in olmec society. mostf the vast site of san lorenzo remains to be explored. new speaker: we now know athe site cove moran 300 hectares, making it the laest and most complex site in mesoamerica duri t earressic orhearlyormati period. obregon: the elite resided on the huge manmade plateau that dominates the site. one house, calle the "red palace," had stone columns and steps and was supplied with war channeled fromeservoirs. ordinary pple may have led in the pthatched houses, like some still found ere toy. the population included artisans skilled in specializedrafts. cyphers: we have a lot of evidence for workshop activity here. there are areas where theyorked obdian, green stone and even monuments were worked re. the olmecs stored previously made stone monuments and then reworked them or recycled them into another shape with another iconogrhy. we found the ten

stirling pugh: and sure enough, ere was a big head, a beautifully carved big head, much finer [d] more ndsome thanhe ones at la venta. regon: stirling proposed that these enigmatic sculptures wereortraits of prominent individuals in olmec society. mostf the vast site of san lorenzo remains to be explored. new speaker: we now know at the site cove moran 300 hectares, making it the laest and most complex site in mesoamerica duri t earlyressic orhearlyormative period. obregon: the elite resided on the huge manmade plateau that dominates the site. one house, calle the "red palace," had stone columns and steps and was supplied with war channeled fromeservoirs. ordinary pple may have led in the pm-thatched houses, like some still found ere toy. the polationncluded artisans skilled in specializedrafts. cyphers: we have a lot of evidence for workshop activity here. there are areas where theyorked obdian, green stone and even monuments were worked here. the olmecs stored previously made stone monuments and then reworked them or recycled them into another shape with another iconogrhy. we found t