Portal:Mesoamerica/Did you know/August 2016




 * ... that, in the late 8th and early 9th centuries, the Maya city of Sacul was one of the few kingdoms in the southeastern Petén region to use its own Emblem Glyph (pictured)?
 * ... that the Spanish believed that the fierce Chinamita Maya were cannibals?
 * ... that the Balsas River valley is regarded as one of the earliest maize growing sites in Mexico, dating from around 9,200 years ago?