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Los Dioses de la Muerte en Cotzumalguapa

2013, XXVII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 2013

Abstract

The human skeletons and skeletal beings representations -probably gods of death-are common themes in the art of Cotzumalguapa. In this paper we report the discovery of two important examples, monuments 78 and 79 of El Baúl. Archaeological and iconographic contexts of these and other related sculptures serve as a basis for interpreting some proposals about the gods of death and skeletal figures in Cotzumalguapa.