Question
The site of Yarumela was built by the ancestors of the Lenca culture, whose name references these animals. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these animals depicted as cleft-headed beings in altars at La Venta and the Las Limas monument. Battle scenes adorn the "Upper Temple" named for these land animals, which overlooks the ball court at Chichén Itzá.
ANSWER: jaguars [accept were-jaguars]
[10e] Jaguars were venerated by this early Mesoamerican civilization, which built colossal stone heads at sites like La Venta.
ANSWER: Olmec civilization
[10h] Stela C, at this Olmec site, has been thought to depict a jaguar on a throne and one of the oldest Long Count calendars. José Melgar discovered the first Olmec head at this site at the base of the Tuxtla (“tust-la”) Mountains.
ANSWER: Tres Zapotes
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