11 mysterious dots on a 2,700-year-old figurine are forcing archaeologists to rethink early writing in Guatemala

A small fragment of fired clay, no bigger than a hand, has begun to draw attention away from the grand stone monuments usually associated with ancient Mesoamerica. It was picked up decades ago from the remains of La Blanca archaeological site, a place once stitched into a network of early towns along Guatemala’s Pacific coast.

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