Indigenous stone zoomorphic heads found in San Salvador

Source:Xinhua Published: 2013-4-7 9:57:43

Image provided by the Salvadorean <a href=Ministry of Culture shows the director of archeology at the National Directorate of Culture Heritage, Shione Shibat (R) with a colleague, observing one of the two indigenous stone zoomorphic heads found in Chalchuapa Township, 80 kilometers west of San Salvador, capital of El Salvador, on April 5, 2013. The pieces were found during an excavation by Salvadorean and Japanese archaeologists. With the findings it has been determined that the aspects that characterize the cultures that developed between 800 BC and 300 AD, are making carved stone sculptures, as in other archaeological sites in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras, archaeologists mentioned. (Xinhua/Salvadoran Ministry of Culture) " src="http://www.globaltimes.cn/Portals/0/attachment/2011/f7cf9b27-2da2-4ebc-a177-ea1d59598be1.jpg">
Image provided by the Salvadorean Ministry of Culture shows the director of archeology at the National Directorate of Culture Heritage, Shione Shibat (R) with a colleague, observing one of the two indigenous stone zoomorphic heads found in Chalchuapa Township, 80 kilometers west of San Salvador, capital of El Salvador, on April 5, 2013. The pieces were found during an excavation by Salvadorean and Japanese archaeologists. With the findings it has been determined that the aspects that characterize the cultures that developed between 800 BC and 300 AD, are making carved stone sculptures, as in other archaeological sites in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras, archaeologists mentioned. (Xinhua/Salvadoran Ministry of Culture)


 
Image provided by the Salvadorean Ministry of Culture shows one of the two indigenous stone zoomorphic heads found in Chalchuapa Township, 80 kilometers west of San Salvador, capital of El Salvador, on April 5, 2013. The pieces were found during an excavation by Salvadorean and Japanese archaeologists. With the findings it has been determined that the aspects that characterize the cultures that developed between 800 BC and 300 AD, are making carved stone sculptures, as in other archaeological sites in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras, archaeologists mentioned. (Xinhua/Salvadoran Ministry of Culture)
Image provided by the Salvadorean Ministry of Culture shows one of the two indigenous stone zoomorphic heads found in Chalchuapa Township, 80 kilometers west of San Salvador, capital of El Salvador, on April 5, 2013. The pieces were found during an excavation by Salvadorean and Japanese archaeologists. With the findings it has been determined that the aspects that characterize the cultures that developed between 800 BC and 300 AD, are making carved stone sculptures, as in other archaeological sites in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras, archaeologists mentioned. (Xinhua/Salvadoran Ministry of Culture)


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