Description
Book SynopsisA comprehensive look at Maya cave painting from Preconquest times to the Colonial period, plus a complete visual catalog of the cave art of Naj Tunich, some of which has been subsequently destroyed by vandals.
Trade Review"The present volume is not only an extraordinarily detailed and insightful analysis of the painted representations and texts found in Naj Tunich but also a complete survey of all known Maya painted caves... Stone has given us a major monograph on a major Maya site. For completeness of presentation, for clarity of writing, and for depth and scope of analysis, it is a model of what a final report should be, but seldom is." Michael D. Coe, Journal of Anthropological Research
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
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 by 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 by George Veni
Appendix B. Standard Cave Map Symbols
Notes
Bibliography
Index
