When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Examples of dental inlays in the teeth of Maya individuals who lived centuries ago. These are not ...

(a) Location of the Maya region in the Americas. (b) Geographical locations of Chichén Itzá and Tixcacaltuyub in the Yucatan Peninsula. (c) Stratigraphy for the chultún and the adjacent cave in which ...

A Maya child, as young as seven years old, has been found to have worn jade “tooth gems,” a discovery that sheds new light on ancient practices. Archaeologists have long known that adults in the Maya ...

Archeologists found three jade-inlaid teeth in a museum collection. These teeth show that Maya children used dental inlays as a form of art.