The Maya wall paintings from Chajul, Guatemala

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ID3211690
AuthorsJarosław Źrałka (0000-0001-7641-729X, Jagiellonian University, corresponding author), Katarzyna Radnicka (National Institute for Seismology, Vulcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology), Monika Banach (0000-0003-0532-2781, Jagiellonian University), Lucas Asicona Ramírez, María Luisa Vázquez De Agredos-Pascual (0000-0002-4433-8850, Universitat de València), Cristina Vidal Lorenzo (0000-0002-8681-6494, Universitat de València), Cristina Vidal-Lorenzo, Lars Frühsorge (Universität Hamburg), Juan Luis Velásquez (0009-0006-6226-1857)
Year2020
Volume94
Issue375
Pages760-779
Publication date2020-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherAntiquity Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15184/aqy.2020.87
OpenAlexW3034267704
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited10

The recent renovation of a house in Chajul in western Guatemala has revealed an unparalleled set of wall paintings, most probably from the Colonial period (AD 1524-1821). The iconography of the murals combines pre-Columbian elements with imported European components in a domestic rather than a religious setting, making them a unique example of Colonial-period art. Here, the authors present the results of iconographic, chemical and radiocarbon analyses of the Chajul house paintings. Dating to the seventeenth to eighteenth centuries AD, the paintings may be connected to a revival of the local religious organisation (cofradías) in the context of waning Spanish colonial control

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Colonial period · Colonialism · Context (archaeology) · Iconography · Maya · Painting · Period (music) · Radiocarbon dating · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · History · Latin American history and culture

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