CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE
UNIVERS ITY OF CALIFORNIA
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FACILITY
Number 4
October 1967
COLOSSAL HEADS OF THE OLMEC CULTURE
C. William Clewlow, Richard A. Cowan,
James F. O'Connell and Carlos Benemann
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FACILITY
Department of Anthropology
Berkeley
Mexican 40 centavo postage stamp showing La Venta 1
Field work costs of the expedition of February, 1967, and
partial publication costs of this report were kindly provided
by Dean Sanford S. Elberg, Graduate Division, University of
California, Berkeley. Each of the project participants indi-
vidually expresses appreciation for his encouragement.
The Committee on Research and Exploration of the National
Geographic Society generously provided funds for printing the
plates. In addition, the field work of February, 1967, and
of earlier years has been partially sponsored by the Society
and grateful acknowledgment is made here for this support.
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