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The Maya wall paintings from Chajul, Guatemala
Lucas Asicona RamírezJarosław ŹRałkaJuan Luis VelásquezCristina Vidal LorenzoMaría Luisa Vázquez De ÁGredos-pascualMonika BanachKatarzyna RadnickaLars Frühsorgesubject
010506 paleontologyArcheologyHistoryContext (language use)Ancient historyColonialism01 natural scienceslaw.inventionPintura rupestrelawpigment analysisColonial artMaya0601 history and archaeologyRadiocarbon datingIconographyChajul0105 earth and related environmental sciencesPainting060102 archaeologyIxil MayaGeneral Arts and Humanitieswall paitings06 humanities and the artsGuatemalaColonial perioddescription
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.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-01 | Antiquity |