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PORTLAND, OREGON—According to a Mexico News Daily report, an American woman has handed over 32 artifacts to Consul Carlos Quesnel Meléndez at the Mexican Consulate in Portland. Researchers from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History have determined that 31 of the objects date to between 300 B.C. and A.D. 1521, while the remaining item was made more recently. The artifacts are thought to have come from the Cintalapa region of the southern state of Chiapas. To read about Maya stucco masks found in Chiapas, go to "Around the World: Mexico."
