El Diablo Rojo: An Olmec Rock Painting in Amatitlán, Guatemala

Author(s): Edgar Carpio

Year: 2019

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Known as "The Red Devil" or the "Muñeco", a rock painting in Olmec style, located in the municipality of Amatitlán, department of Guatemala. This was reported at the end of the 70s of the last century and has been visited on numerous occasions by various specialists. In this paper we will present a synthesis of its discovery and the investigations carried out, as well as a description of its current status, indicating whether changes have been observed over time since it was reported. We will also try to raise some interpretation that will bring us closer to establishing what was the purpose of its creation and why in that precise place.

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El Diablo Rojo: An Olmec Rock Painting in Amatitlán, Guatemala. Edgar Carpio. Presented at The 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Albuquerque, NM. 2019 ( tDAR id: 449775)

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Spatial Coverage

min long: -92.153; min lat: -4.303 ; max long: -50.977; max lat: 18.313 ;

Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 25338