Talk:Olmec figurine

message: The following sentences were edited out of the original version of this article, since I do not believe they are supported by the facts, or take a very narrow view of matters:
::"The first figurine was found in the archaeological site of Tlapacoya and was dated around 2300 BC. The discovery of figurines marked the beginning of Mesoamerican art. The Olmec civilization began to flourish at the same time.  Tlapacoya and Tlatilco both in the Valley of Mexico, and Las Bocas in Puebla are sites where figurines were abundant. "  
The 2300 BCE date is one of the very earliest proposed and I believe it is unsupported.  And while there have been Olmec (or Olmec-influenced) figurines) found at these sites, but I don't believe that these are the major sources of figurines.Madman 16:24, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Edited out

message: There are a bunch of broken links to Olmec figurines and art in this article.  Most of them appear to have been links to images on academic library course reserve websites (several at UCSD) which are no longer active.  In order to comply with copyright, most academic libraries take down such resources in semesters / quarters where the course in question is not being offered.  Also, increasingly those materials are being limited to authenticated access from members of the academic community in question.
I corrected one or two of them (i.e. La Venta Offering #4) by inserting a new link I found with a Google Image search, but [a] there could be copyright issues (I doubt the La Venta Offering #4 image is authorized for use by the AOL user in question) and [b] I suspect these links will break again soon enough.  Currently I don't have the time to track down legal links for all of them.  Thus the note here.
--Symmerhill (a.k.a. Summerhilll) (talk) 02:18, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Broken Image Links

message: I am not an expert in photoshop or photo editing at all, but when you zoom in all these statues have odd pixelated edges and make me wonder if these figures were not edited in or something: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Small_Olmec_Figurines_%28Met%29.jpg Zopwx2 (talk) 22:05, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, as both the photographer and the editor of the photo, I can say that the photo is definitely real, with no additional figures photoshopped in or out.  I did (rather clumsily it seems) turn up the brightness and contrast on a couple of figures to bring them out better.  I can send you the original if you're interested.  Madman (talk) 15:50, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  photoshopped image? 

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