The virtual reconstruction of "Los Bebedores Mural" from Cholula, Puebla, México

Summary

Almost half a century has gone by since the discovery of Los Bebedores (The Drinkers) in 1969, and it still has not received the attention that one of the most extensive large format murals in Mesoamerica deserves. A poor preservation, a hasty register because the Cholula Project was ending, an unfortunate later restoration, and the repetitive selection of the more obvious personages to illustrate the few publications on the theme, are just some of the factors responsible for the scarce attention paid to this more than 50 m long by 2.5 m high work of art painted in the third century A.D. Using high definition images and over-contrasting them allow us to appreciate not only details but even whole figures that are almost invisible to the naked eye, and thus to make the drawings to reconstruct a scene much more sophisticated and realistic than the cartoon-like images that have been published. The data revealed by this process offer the opportunity to make a new reading of this neglected work of art and to use it as another window to enhance our view of Early Classic Cholula.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)   •
• Mural Painting and the Ancient Americas

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