Sketching in the Shadows: Re-illustration of the Olmec Paintings of Oxtotitlán, Mexico
Author(s): Heather Hurst; Leonard Ashby
Year: 2016
Summary
Re-illustration of the well-known cave paintings at Oxtotitlán, Guerrero, Mexico has revealed important new iconographic details. The use of multispectral imaging, as well as direct observation following recent conservation work, contributed to re-visioning the artworks with increased clarity and accuracy to the originals. This paper will present new renderings of the Olmec-period paintings and summarize observations on artistic practice and iconographic significance that resulted from this project.
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Sketching in the Shadows: Re-illustration of the Olmec Paintings of Oxtotitlán, Mexico. Heather Hurst, Leonard Ashby. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, Florida. 2016 ( tDAR id: 404299)
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Keywords
General
Mesoamerica
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Olmec
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Rock Art
Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica
Spatial Coverage
min long: -107.271; min lat: 12.383 ; max long: -86.353; max lat: 23.08 ;