Portal:Mesoamerica/Did you know/January 2014

• ... that the Mesoamerican sculptures known as chacmools (example pictured) held receptacles to receive sacrificed human hearts?
• ... that the Yalain have been proposed as one of the three most important Maya polities in the Petén Basin of Guatemala during the Postclassic period (c. 1000–1697)?
• ... that looters at the Maya archaeological site of Holtun in Guatemala uncovered a series of large stucco masks flanking the main stairway of the principal pyramid?