From ethnographic accounts and ancient Mayan imagery, we know that the Maya engaged in various forms of body modification, ...

Archaeologists have, for the first time, identified what appear to be tools used by the ancient Maya for tattooing, according ...

Historical accounts and Mayan imagery led scientists to think that the Maya used tattoos for social and ceremonial purposes, but Mayan tattooing tools had never been found. James Stemp at Keene ...