 Traditional art forms mainly survived in weaving and the design of peasant houses.The nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century publications on Maya art and archaeology by Stephens, Catherwood, Maudslay, Maler and Charnay for the first time made available reliable drawings and photographs of major Classic Maya monuments.Following this initial phase, the 1913 publication of Herbert Spinden's 'A Study of Maya Art' (now over a century ago ) laid the foundation for all later developments of Maya art history (including iconography).