Gender in ancient Maya art is ambiguous; it is difficult to ascertain the gender of some figures simply because one couldn't survive without the other.

Ancient Maya art from southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize is especially significant, and contains a large number of very important works.

Women have traditionally created textiles in Maya society, and textiles were a significant form of ancient Maya art and religious beliefs.

Also, Lady Xoc appears in the images performing ritual sacrifices which women were not typically seen doing in ancient Maya art.

This text, published in 1990, uses symbols from ancient Maya art and hieroglyphs along with linguistic evidence of Mayan to advocate for Mayan origin of letters "G", "T", and "O".