{"product_id":"images-from-the-underworld-naj-tunich-and-the-tradition-of-maya-cave-painting","title":"Images from the Underworld: Naj Tunich and the Tradition of Maya Cave Painting","description":"In 1979, a Kekchi Maya Indian accidentally discovered the entrance to Naj Tunich, a deep cave in the Maya Mountains of El Peten, Guatemala. One of the world's few deep caves that contain rock art, Naj Tunich features figural images and hieroglyphic inscriptions that have helped to revolutionize our understanding of ancient Maya art and ritual.\nIn 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.\nThis important new body of images and texts enlarges our understanding of the Maya view of sacred landscape and the role of caves in ritual. It will be important reading for all students of the Maya, as well as for others interested in cave art and in human relationships with the natural environment.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 029275552X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.029275552X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Stone, Andrea J.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43086816116797,"sku":"BVV.029275552X.G","price":43.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/029275552X-0.jpg?v=1775337789","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/images-from-the-underworld-naj-tunich-and-the-tradition-of-maya-cave-painting","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}