Portal:Mesoamerica/Did you know/October 2015




 * ... that Xochipala-style figurines (pictured) are considered some of the earliest and most naturalistic in Mesoamerica?
 * ... that the Classic Period Maya archaeological site of Quiriguá in Guatemala has what is possibly the largest free-standing worked monolith (pictured) in the New World?
 * ... that judging from sculptures discovered in the ancient Maya city of Río Azul, it is believed that the local elite was sacrificed after a takeover by Tikal?