The Yaxchilan Lintels - Classic Maya 770 AD Lintel 17: Carved Bird Jaguar IV and one of his wives, Lady Balam-Ix, bloodletting ritual. He wears elaborate jade ornaments and a headband with a skull and skeletal snake. ( The Mayans - Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization in Yucatán Mexico and Belize in Central America ( 2600 BC - 1500 AD ) Pre Columbian American )

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