I think the head is wearing a cap, it is not a helmet and i would agree with you that it could be a fisherman instead of a roman soldier. The only other Europeans who would have visited the Americas before Colombus would be the Norseman or Vikings. From the pictures i have seen the cap is just covering the hair a helmet would certainly cover more of the head and also the forehead.
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However, Hristov notes that other historians have considered the possibility of a Norse visit to the region and that the figure bears a possible resemblance to a Norseman or Viking.
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information quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecaxic-Calixtlahuaca_head
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