The diverse peoples of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica developed complex civilisations and cultures with all the associated high achievements, including in art. One of the common features of Mesoamerican art is the focus on the human experience and image. With this in mind, we dip our toes into the Preclassic and Classic periods of this vast, rich and varied group of cultures to look at a few types of figurine, some of which are available to the modern collector of ancient artifact
