Portal:Mesoamerica/Did you know/December 2014

• ... that the Tzeltal people (Tzeltal child pictured) of the Mexican state of Chiapas are descended from the Maya?
• ... that artefacts of the poorly understood Mezcala culture of western Mexico were re-used by the Aztecs?
• ... that the ancient Maya architectural complex of Tazumal, in El Salvador, contained some of the earliest known metal artefacts from Mesoamerica?