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?