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The Tecaxic-Calixtlahuaca head is a terracotta head, probably originally part of a larger figurine, discovered in 1933 among pre-Columbian or just post-Columbian grave goods in the Tecaxic-Calixtlahuaca zone in the Toluca Valley, approximately 65 kilometers southwest of Mexico City. Because the head appears to be similar in style to artifacts of Roman origin, some believe that it is evidence of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact.
An assessment of the case was made in 2001 by Romeo H. Hristov of University of New Mexico and Santiago Genovés T. of National Autonomous University of Mexico.
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information quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecaxic-Calixtlahuaca_head

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c5/Tecaxic_calixtlahuaca_head.jpg/300px-Tecaxic_calixtlahuaca_head.jpg

you can also check this page for information
http://www.neara.org/CARLSON/romehead.htm

The interesting about the archaeological finding is that it proves Colombus was not the first European to discover the Americas.
"The most popular hypothesis concerning the small head is that it is of Roman origin (2nd-4th centuries AD)"
Source(s):
http://www.neara.org/CARLSON/romehead.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecaxic-Calixtlahuaca_head

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