Portal:Mesoamerica/Did you know/August 2012




 * ... that potbelly sculpture (pictured) is a crude non-Maya sculptural style distributed along the Pacific slope of southern Mesoamerica and dating to the Preclassic Period?
 * ... that the Maya archaeological site of El Tintal, in the northern Petén region of Guatemala, includes a triadic-style pyramid estimated to be 30 m tall?
 * ... that the pre-Columbian ruins of Dainzú in Mexico are distinguished by their gallery of bas-reliefs representing ball-players?