Codex Tovar, pg. 193
File date:Â 2008-09-26
Description:Â Olmec, La Venta Altar 5 Right side. in La Venta park, Villahermosa
"The Popol Vuh mentions that the negotiation of bride exchange in particular took place in the great houses. The great houses likely also served as the residences for the lineage heads as well as the repositories for the tokens of authority brought from Tulan."  -- 2007 Popol Vuh: Sacred Book of the Quiché Maya People, Translation and Commentary by Allen J. Christenson, pg. 246/#721