One of the most popular and reoccurring motifs in Meso-American art is the Chacmool, or a sculpture depicting a figure seated on the ground in a reclining position with the head turned to the right in nearly a right angle, the legs drawn up to the buttocks, elbows resting on the ground, and the hands holding a plate or bowl on the stomach.

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The Maya were people of mystery. Not because they were careless and did not record their history but because the invasion of the Spaniards led to the burning of most of their carefully written past.

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