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Images from the underworld : Naj Tunich and the tradition of Maya cave painting

Title
  1. Images from the underworld : Naj Tunich and the tradition of Maya cave painting / Andrea J. Stone.
Published by
  1. Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 1995.
Author
  1. Stone, Andrea J.

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Description
  1. x, 284 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 29 cm
Summary
  1. In 1979, a Kekchi Maya Indian accidentally discovered the entrance to Naj Tunich, a deep cave in the Maya Mountains in the department of El Peten, Guatemala. One of the world's few deep caves that contain rock art, Naj Tunich features visual treasures of figural images and hieroglyphic inscriptions that have helped to revolutionize our understanding of ancient Maya art and ritual.
  2. In this book, Andrea Stone takes a comprehensive look at Maya cave painting from Preconquest times to the Colonial period. After surveying Mesoamerican cave and rock painting sites and discussing all twenty-five known painted caves in the Maya area, she focuses extensively on Naj Tunich. Her text analyzes the images and inscriptions, while photographs and line drawings provide a complete visual catalog of the cave art, some of which has been subsequently destroyed by vandals.
Subject
  1. Maya art > Guatemala
  2. Maya painting > Guatemala
  3. Cave paintings > Guatemala
  4. Mayas > Antiquities
  5. Naj Tunich Site (Guatemala)
Contents
  1. 1. Introduction -- 2. The Topographic Context of Maya Cave Painting -- 3. A Further Exploration of Topographic Context: The Mesoamerican Landscape and the Cave -- 4. Maya and Mesoamerican Cave Painting: A Survey of Sites and Images -- 5. Naj Tunich: An Introduction to the Site and Its Art -- 6. Images from Naj Tunich -- 7. The Hieroglyphic Inscriptions of Naj Tunich / Barbara MacLeod and Andrea Stone -- 8. A Catalog of Naj Tunich Paintings and Petroglyphs -- 9. Maya Cave Painting: Summary of a Tradition -- Appendix A: The Geologic Context of Maya Cave Paintings / George Veni -- Appendix B: Standard Cave Map Symbols.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-278) and index.