Portal:Mesoamerica/Did you know/June 2015

• ...that the icons and faces incised into Las Limas Monument 1 (pictured) were used for a hypothetical reconstruction of the Olmec pantheon
• ...that La Amelia, a small Maya archaeological site in Guatemala, features hieroglyphic panels describing the ritual sacrifice of a bound captive who is rolled into a ball and thrown to his death?
• ...that butterfly motifs in the textiles of Oaxaca reflect pre-Christian spiritual beliefs among the Mazatec people?