Journal of Cave and Karst Studies - ISSN 0146-9517
Volume 59 Number 1: 33-42 - April 1997

A publication of the National Speleological Society

Regional Variation in Maya Cave Art
Andrea Stone

Abstract

The Maya area is well endowed with cave art, one of the rarest art forms known in the world. Over 25 caves with paintings and handprints have been documented in a recent survey by the author, and an undetermined additional number contain carvings. In this paper, I outline regional differences in the corpus. For example, cave painting in the Puuc area of western Yucatan has a relatively coherent style and subject matter, distinct from contemporary cave painting in the Southern Maya Lowlands. Cave painting in southern Belize is stylisticaly heterogeneous. I consider the issue of stylistic variation in Maya cave art from a functional and chronological perspective.

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