Images of a skull from Cerro de Tlapacoya, taken from various angles.
Tlapacoya is an archaeological site at the foot of the Tlapacoya volcano in Mexico. In addition to figurines and other artifacts found at the site, there are also human and animal remains dating as early as 25,000 years ago.
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Photo lot 91-10, Arturo Romano Pacheco photographs of a skull in the Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Donated by Arturo Romano Pacheco of the Museo Nacional de Antropologia, in return for photographs of skulls from Chou-Kou-Tien. Donated through T. Dale Stewart, 1970.