A two-part throne base excavated at Llano del Jicaro in 1990 is displayed beside a pencil reconstruction of the full monument, its shaping along the front and top still visible. Olmec stone pounders lay among the workshop debris, and a second area across the barbed-wire fence holds La Venta-style stelae, still overgrown. 🪨
Two-part throne from 1990 quarry excavation displayed with Olmec stone tools
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Key facts
- A two-part throne, specifically its bottom section, was recovered during an excavation at the site in 1990 and is shown with a pencil illustration of the complete monument
- Extensive shaping is visible along the front and top of the throne base, which has an L-shaped bend; whether it broke in production or was designed in two parts is unresolved
- Stone pounders identified as Olmec tools were found among the workshop debris
- A second workshop area lies across a barbed-wire fence, containing H-shaped blocks, channel-carved stones and chunky monumental stelae of the type known from La Venta
- That second area is heavily overgrown, and clearing a single stone there has not been attempted
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Llano del Rio was a commune (or "colony") located in what is now Llano, California, east of Palmdale in the Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County.
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