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A Maya Universe in Stone (Hardcover)
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A Maya Universe in Stone (Hardcover)
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In 1950, Dana Lamb, an explorer of some notoriety, stumbled on a
Maya ruin in the tropical forests of northern Guatemala. Lamb
failed to record the location of the site he called Laxtunich,
turning his find into the mystery at the center of this book. The
lintels he discovered there, long since looted, are probably of a
set with two others that are among the masterworks of Maya
sculpture from the Classic period. Using fieldwork, physical
evidence, and Lamb's expedition notes, the authors identify a small
area with archaeological sites where the carvings were likely
produced. Remarkably, the vividly colored lintels, replete with
dynastic and cosmic information, can be assigned to a carver,
Mayuy, who sculpted his name on two of them. To an extent nearly
unique in ancient America, Mayuy can be studied over time as his
style developed and his artistic ambition grew. An in-depth
analysis of Laxtunich Lintel 1 examines how Mayuy grafted
celestial, seasonal, and divine identities onto a local magnate and
his overlord from the kingdom of Yaxchilan, Mexico. This volume
contextualizes the lintels and points the way to their
reprovenancing and, as an ultimate aim, repatriation to Guatemala.
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