Architecture and Conservation Works at Chajul

Summary

This is an abstract from the "The Maya Wall Paintings of Chajul (Guatemala)" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

One of the major objectives of the Chajul Murals Conservation Project (COMUCH) was the consolidation and conservation of murals in several houses located at the modern town of Chajul inhabited by the Ixil Maya and located in the department of El Quiché, in western Guatemala. During our research carried out between 2015 and 2022, conservation and consolidation works of three houses with murals was conducted. Moreover, we were able to carry out detailed documentation of several more houses with murals. Our works apart from conservation included photogrammetry and 3D scanning, which show that at Chajul existed a unique pictorial tradition related to the socio-religious activities of local cofradias (religious brotherhoods).

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Maya Wall Paintings of Chajul (Guatemala)   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 36702.0