Overview

Prehispanic Maya architecture features a large variety of artistic expression, from reliefs and sculptures made of stone or stucco to mural paintings and graffiti found on the plastered surfaces of their walls and facades. All of this constitutes both an important artistic component which complements the architecture, and a new source of information about the people who built these buildings and those who lived within them. In order to preserve them it is vital that innovative techniques are used during archaeological excavations and explorations which allow detailed records to be made immediately after the discovery of such ancient vestiges. This book presents selected studies about the techniques for documentation and analysis of architectural decorative remnants in use by a variety of research teams currently working in the Maya area as well as interesting discussions about the symbolism of the artistic elements on the facades of Maya buildings.

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Author:   Gaspar Muñoz Cosme ,  Cristina Vidal Lorenzo
Publisher:   BAR Publishing
Imprint:   BAR Publishing
Weight:   0.686kg
ISBN:  

9781407313405

ISBN 10:   1407313401
Pages:   172
Publication Date:   31 December 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"1. A new look at Maya Art and Architecture (Cristina Vidal Lorenzo and Gaspar Munoz Cosme); 2. Grafitos Mayas, una base de datos internacional (Gaspar Munoz Cosme y Cristina Vidal Lorenzo); 3. Ancient Maya Graffiti at Kakab, Yucatan, Mexico (Karl Herbert Mayer); 4. El arte privado de una casa maya. Los grafitos de Tz'ibatnah, Peten, Guatemala (Milan Kovac); 5. Maya graffiti in a wider cultural and geographic; context (Jaroslaw Zralka); 6. Las nuevas tecnologias de recreacion virtual como herramientas de investigacion y diffusion cultural (Andrea Peiro Vitoria y Nuria Matarredona Desantes); 7. ""Monstruos familiares"" en la arquitectura maya de Yucatan (Miguel Rivera Dorado); 8. Metodos avanzados para el analisis y documentacion de la arqueologia y arquitectura maya: los ""mascarones"" de Chilonche y La Blanca (Cristina Vidal Lorenzo y Gaspar Munoz Cosme); 9. Aplicacion de tecnicas fotogrametricas en el estudio de la arquitectura maya (Manuel May Castillo y Beatriz Martin Dominguez); 10. Cuando los muros hablan: observaciones y desafios en Rio Bec (Luisa Straulino Mainou, Dominique Michelet, Julie Patrois, Nicolas Latsanopoulos, Yareli Jaidar y Emyly Gonzalez Gomez); 11. Iconografia y secuencia estilistica de las cresterias en la micro-region de Rio Bec (Julie Patrois y Philippe Nondedeo); 12. Vida, muerte y renacimiento de un mascaron. Interpretacion, conservacion y revitalizacion de las decoraciones monumentales del Grupo H Norte de Uaxactun, Peten, Guatemala (Milan Kovac, Alice Desprat y Edy Barrios); 13. The role of New Technology in the study of Maya mural painting: over a century of progress (Maria Luisa Vazquez de Agredos Pascual, Cristina Vidal Lorenzo and Gaspar Munoz Cosme); 14. Maya Blue (""Maya Green"" and ""Maya Yellow""): New Insights into the Maya Blue Technology (Antonio Domenech Carbo, M* Teresa Domenech Carbo, Cristina Vidal Lorenzo and M* Luisa Vazquez de Agredos Pascual)"

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