The picture at the top of this page (mermaid) has me wanting to swim around Coopenhagen (splleing?)
OK OK Back on topic!
My father, Ted Vincent has been doing "Black Indian Mexico" research for perhaps a decade now, and he took some great pictures when studying in Mexico. His web site (done by an expert websitist) is http://Members.aol.com/fsln These images are from the gallery:
http://members.aol.com/fsln/gallery.htm
http://members.aol.com/fsln/gallery/olmec1.htm
quote:
The Olmec civilization was centered in towns in Veracruz and Tabasco and thrived from around 1200 b.c. to around 500 b.c. Aspects of Olmec life have been found throughout Southern Mexico. Called, the "cultural mother" of Mexican civilization, the Olmecs apparently had connections with Africans, and quite possibly with Asians, the Chinese of those times being Ocean travellers. The African ties, reflected in the giant stone heads, were a natural development of strong Atlantic Ocean currents that swept from West Africa into the Caribbean Sea.
http://members.aol.com/fsln/gallery/mulata1.htm
quote:
Foot high statue from the Yucatan was tentatively dated from around 800 a.d. If this is accurate, it shows an African presence that was long after the Olmecs, and yet before the arrival of the Spaniards.