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?