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As far I know, there is an study where it says that the mayan people in Guatemala had an average height of 154 cm in men and 145 cm in women. However the problem is that that study was made only in the west side of the country and it was during the 60's and 70's, which was the worst time during the internal war between the military and the guerilas. So this population suffered a lot during that conflict and the lack of food probably influenced those figures.
The sad part is that even in these days, must of the native american from Mayan origin in my country still suffer from a poor feeding and a man of 160 cm is an average one. A person of 175 cm (like me) is "tall" in comparison with most of the population and it seems this is a tendency in Latin America.