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888:
1299:
831:
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1074:
803:
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663:
33:
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1651:, editor Michael Whittington says: "It would seem reasonable that women also played the gameâperhaps in all-female teamsâor participated in some yet to be understood ceremony enacted on the ballcourt." (p. 186). In the same volume, Gillett Griffin states that although these figurines have been "interpreted by some as females, in the context of ancient Mesoamerican society the question of the presence of female ballplayers, and their role in the game, is still debated." (p. 158).
580:
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372:
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418:
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ritual offerings buried at the site, indicating that even at this early date the game had religious and ritual connotations. A stone "yoke" of the type frequently associated with
Mesoamerican ballcourts was also reported to have been found by local villagers at the site, leaving open the distinct possibility that these rubber balls were related to the ritual ballgame, and not simply an independent form of sacrificial
1058:, and it is assumed that these captives were sacrificed after losing a rigged ritual ballgame. Rather than nearly nude and sometimes battered captives, the ballcourts at El TajĂn and Chichen Itza show the sacrifice of practiced ballplayers, perhaps the captain of a team. Decapitation is particularly associated with the ballgameâsevered heads are featured in much Late Classic ballgame art and appear repeatedly in the
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678:
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1138:, with precious stones and quetzal feathers at stake. Huemac won the game. When instead of precious stones and feathers, the rain deities offered Huemac their young maize ears and maize leaves, Huemac refused. As a consequence of this vanity, the Toltecs suffered a four-year drought. The same ball game match, with its unfortunate aftermath, signified the beginning of the end of the Toltec reign.
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486:, points were gained if the ball hit the opposite end wall, while the decisive victory was reserved for the team that put the ball through a ring. However, placing the ball through the ring was a rare eventâthe rings at Chichen Itza, for example, were set 6 metres (20 ft) off the playing fieldâand most games were likely won on points.
1193:. Hun Hunahpu's head spits into the hands of a passing goddess who conceives and bears the Hero Twins, Hunahpu and Xbalanque. The Hero Twins eventually find the ballgame equipment in their father's house and start playing, again to the annoyance of the Lords of Xibalba, who summon the twins to play the ballgame amidst trials and dangers.
620:) they could turn the slippery polymers in raw latex into a resilient rubber. The size varied between 10 and 12 in (25 and 30 cm) (measured in hand spans) and weighed 3 to 6 lb (1.4 to 2.7 kg). The ball used in the ancient handball or stick-ball game was probably slightly larger and heavier than a modern-day baseball.
537:, the stone yoke is thought to be too heavy for actual play and was likely used only before or after the game in ritual contexts. In addition to providing some protection from the ball, the girdle or yoke would also have helped propel the ball with more force than the hip alone. Additionally, some players wore chest protectors called
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These examples and others are cited by many researchers who have made compelling arguments that the game served as a way to defuse or resolve conflicts without genuine warfare, to settle disputes through a ballgame instead of a battle. Over time, then, the ballgame's role would expand to include not
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In the 16th-century Aztec ballgame that the
Spaniards witnessed, points were lost by a player who let the ball bounce more than twice before returning it to the other team, who let the ball go outside the boundaries of the court, or who tried and failed to pass the ball through one of the stone rings
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of DainzĂș, roughly 500 BC, as well as the Aztec players are drawn by
Weiditz 2,000 years later (see drawing below). Helmets, likely utilitarian, and elaborate headdresses, likely used only in ritual contexts, are common in ballplayer depictions. Headdresses are particularly prevalent on Maya painted
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The sizes or weights of the balls actually used in the ballgame are not known with any certainty. While several dozen ancient balls have been recovered, they were originally laid down as offerings in a sacrificial bog or spring, and there is no evidence that any of these were used in the ballgame.
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structure. Built in a form that changed remarkably little during 2,700 years, over 1,300 Mesoamerican ballcourts have been identified, 60% in the last 20 years alone. All ballcourts have the same general shape, a long narrow playing alley flanked by walls with both horizontal and sloping (or, more
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However, based on a review of modern-day game balls, ancient rubber balls, and other archaeological evidence, it is presumed by most researchers that the ancient hip-ball was made of a mix from one or another of the latex-producing plants found all the way from the southeastern rain forests to the
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Villagers, and archaeologists, have recovered a dozen balls ranging in diameter from 10 to 22 cm from the freshwater spring there. Five of these balls have been dated to the earliest-known occupational phase for the site, approximately 1700â1600 BC. These rubber balls were found with other
897:, Arizona. There is disagreement among archaeologists whether these structures in the American Southwest were used for ballgames, although the consensus appears that they were. There is further discussion concerning the extent that any Southwest ballgame is related to the Mesoamerican ballgame.
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The game's paraphernaliaâclothing, headdresses, gloves, all but the stoneâare long gone, so knowledge on clothing relies on artâpaintings and drawings, stone reliefs, and figurinesâto provide evidence for pre-Columbian ballplayer clothing and gear, which varied considerably in type and quantity.
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In one notable episode, Hunahpu is decapitated by bats. His brother uses a squash as
Hunahpu's substitute head until his real one, now used as a ball by the Lords, can be retrieved and placed back on Hunahpu's shoulders. The twins eventually go on to play the ballgame with the Lords of Xibalba,
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Cosmologic duality. The game is seen as a struggle between day and night, and/or a battle between life and the underworld. Courts were considered portals to the underworld and were built in key locations within the central ceremonial precincts. Playing ball engaged one in the maintenance of the
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For the Aztecs, the playing of the ballgame also had religious significance, but where the 16th-century KÂŽicheÂŽ Maya saw the game as a battle between the lords of the underworld and their earthly adversaries, their Aztec contemporaries may have seen it as a battle of the sun, personified by
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This "boundary maintenance" or "conflict resolution" theory would also account for some of the irregular distribution of ballcourts. Overall, there appears to be a negative correlation between the degree of political centralization and the number of ballcourts at a site. For example, the
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While the length-to-width ratio remained relatively constant at about four-to-one, there was tremendous variation in ballcourt size: The playing field of the Great
Ballcourt at Chichen Itza, by far the largest, measures 96.5 by 30 metres (317 by 98 ft), while the Ceremonial Court at
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myth links ballcourts with death and its overcoming. The ballcourt becomes a place of transition, a liminal stage between life and death. The ballcourt markers along the centerline of the
Classic playing field depicted ritual and mythical scenes of the ballgame, often bordered by a
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Games were played between two teams of players. The number of players per team could vary, from two to four. Some games were played on makeshift courts for simple recreation while others were formal spectacles on huge stone ballcourts leading to human sacrifice.
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Santley, Robert M.; Berman, Michael J.; Alexander, Rami T. (1991). "The
Politicization of the Mesoamerican Ballgame and Its Implications for the Interpretation of the Distribution of Ballcourts in Central Mexico". In Vernon Scarborough; David R. Wilcox (eds.).
520:, sometimes augmented with leather hip guards. Loincloths are found on the earliest ballplayer figurines from Tlatilco, Tlapacoya, and the Olmec culture, are seen in the Weiditz drawing from 1528 (below), and, with hip guards, are the sole outfit of modern-day
1915:, p. 41, who finds that the juxtaposition at El ManatĂ of the deposited balls and serpentine staffs (which may have been used to strike the balls) shows that there was already a "well-developed ideological relationship between the game, power, and serpents."
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War. This is the most obvious symbolic aspect of the game (see also above, "Proxy for warfare"). Among the Mayas, the ball can represent the vanquished enemy, both in the late-Postclassic K'iche' kingdom (Popol Vuh), and in
Classic kingdoms such as that of
1182:. The lords of the underworld became annoyed with the noise from the ball playing and so the primary lords of Xibalba, One Death and Seven Death, sent owls to lure the brothers to the ballcourt of Xibalba, situated on the western edge of the underworld.
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is not accepted by all researchers and even the proponents admit that the proposed
Hohokam Ballcourts are significantly different from Mesoamerican ones: they are oblong, with a concave (not flat) surface. See Wilcox's article and photo at end of this
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533:, most likely of wicker or wood covered in fabric or leather. Made of perishable materials, none of these girdles have survived, although many stone "yokes" have been uncovered. Misnamed by earlier archaeologists due to its resemblance to an
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Ballcourts were public spaces used for a variety of elite cultural events and ritual activities like musical performances and festivals, and, of course, the ballgame. Pictorial depictions often show musicians playing at ballgames, and
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It has been hypothesized that, for reasons as yet unknown, the stick-game eclipsed the hip-ball game at
Teotihuacan and at Teotihuacan-influenced cities, and only after the fall of Teotihuacan did the hip-ball game reassert itself.
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By 300 BC, evidence for the game appears throughout much of the Mesoamerican archaeological record, including ballcourts in the Central Chiapas Valley (the next oldest ballcourts discovered, after Paso de la Amada), and in the
627:, show balls 1 m (3 ft 3 in) or more in diameter. Academic consensus is that these depictions are exaggerations or symbolic, as are, for example, the impossibly unwieldy headdresses worn in the same portrayals.
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Across Mesoamerica, ballcourts were built and used for many generations. Although ballcourts are found within most sizable Mesoamerican ruins, they are not equally distributed across time or geography. For example, the
355:. Although no ballcourts of similar age have been found in Tlatilco or Tlapacoya, it is possible that the ballgame was indeed played in these areas, but on courts with perishable boundaries or temporary court markers.
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Despite the danger the brothers fall asleep and are captured and sacrificed by the lords of Xibalba and then buried in the ballcourt. Hun Hunahpu is decapitated and his head hung in a fruit tree, which bears the first
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Two palmas from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. These palmas were chest protectors worn in the Mesoamerican ballgame and come from Veracruz, Mexico, ca. 700â1000 CE/AD. They are approximately 1Âœ feet (50 cm)
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schoolâand those who were most proficient might become so famous that they could play professionally. Games would frequently be staged in the different city wards and marketsâoften accompanied by large-scale betting.
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As might be expected with a game played over such a long period of time by many cultures, details varied over time and place, so the Mesoamerican ballgame might be more accurately seen as a family of related games.
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Taladoire, Eric; Colsenet, Benoit (1991). "'Bois Ton Sang, Beaumanior':The Political and Conflictual Aspects of the Ballgame in the Northern Chiapas Area". In Vernon Scarborough; David R. Wilcox (eds.).
1415:. But apart from holding important ritual and mythical meaning, the ballgame for the Aztecs was a sport and a pastime played for fun, although in general, the Aztec game was a prerogative of the nobles.
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and the Maya cultures, where the most explicit depictions of human sacrifice can be seen on the ballcourt panelsâfor example at El TajĂn (850â1100 CE) and at Chichen Itza (900â1200 CE)âas well as on the
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rarely, vertical) surfaces. The walls were often plastered and brightly painted. In early ballcourts the alleys were open-ended; later ballcourts had enclosed end-zones, giving the structure an
105:
In the most common theory of the game, the players struck the ball with their hips, although some versions allowed the use of forearms, rackets, bats, or handstones. The ball was made of solid
263:
It is not known precisely when or where the Mesoamerican ballgame originated, although it is likely that it originated earlier than 2000 BC in the low-lying tropical zones home to the
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and batons, handstones, and the forearm, perhaps at times in combination. Each of the various types of games had its own size of ball, specialized gear and playing field, and rules.
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Wilkerson, S. Jeffrey K. (1991). "Then They Were Sacrificed: The Ritual Ballgame of Northeastern Mesoamerica Through Time and Space". In Vernon Scarborough; David R. Wilcox (eds.).
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Taladoire, Eric (March 4, 2004). "Could We Speak of the Super Bowl at Flushing Meadows?: La Pelota Mixteca, a Third Pre-Hispanic Ballgame, and its Possible Architectural Context".
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aspects, and major formal ballgames were held as ritual events. Late in the history of the game, some cultures occasionally seem to have combined competitions with religious
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gives a figure of 16,000 lumps of raw rubber being imported to Tenochtitlan from the southern provinces every six months, although not all of it was used for making balls.
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The primary evidence for female ballplayers is in the many apparently female figurines of the Formative period, wearing a ballplayer loincloth and perhaps other gear. In
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period, the Maya began placing vertical stone rings on each side of the court, the object being to pass the ball through one, an innovation that continued into the later
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Ballcourts, monuments with ballgame imagery and ballgame paraphernalia have been excavated at sites along the Pacific coast of Guatemala and El Salvador including the
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stated that the games were played by a two-man team vs. a two-man team, three-man team vs. a three-man team, and even a two-man team vs. a three-man team (quoted by
1250:, making it by far the largest Classic era site without one. In fact, the ballgame seems to have been nearly forsaken not only in Teotihuacan, but in areas such as
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where they were drawn by the German Christoph Weiditz. Besides the fascination with their exotic visitors, the Europeans were amazed by the bouncing rubber balls.
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From the tropical lowlands, the game apparently moved into central Mexico. Starting around 1000 BC or earlier, ballplayer figurines were interred with burials at
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3497:
3119:
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3036:âthe orthography with "u" is a misrendering of the NĂĄhuatl word caused by the fact that the quality of the nahuatl vowel /Ć/ sounds a little like Spanish /u/.
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was not found in the highlands of the Aztec Empire, the Aztecs generally received balls and rubber as tribute from the lowland areas where it was grown. The
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1867:, the name bestowed by 20th-century archaeologists on the influential Gulf Coast civilization which had dominated that region three thousand years earlier.
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1553:, season 9's first episode, Bender wins the game in his Mexican ancestors' hometown and also wins the honor of sacrifice upon the altar of the Ancients.
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that marked a portal into another world. The Twins themselves, however, are usually absent from Classic ballgame scenes, with the Classic forerunner of
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is also often seen, worn just below the knee or around the ankleâit is not known what function this served. Gloves appear on the purported ballplayer
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included in this total, since these are outside Mesoamerica and there is significant discussion whether these areas were used for ballplaying or not.
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3883:
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2729:
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933:
624:
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1435:, an early Spanish chronicler, said that "these wretches... sold their children in order to bet and even staked themselves and became slaves".
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2903:. Bradley finds that a raised circular dot, or a U-shaped symbol with a dot in the middle, or raised U- or V-shaped areas each represent maize.
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2118:
2005:
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Even without human sacrifice, the game could be brutal and there were often serious injuries inflicted by the solid, heavy ball. Today's hip-
139:. These ballcourts vary considerably in size, but all have long narrow alleys with slanted side-walls against which the balls could bounce.
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912:
The Mesoamerican ballgame was a ritual deeply ingrained in Mesoamerican cultures and served purposes beyond that of a mere sporting event.
2491:, pp. 205â208. It is thought that neither the Great Ballcourt nor Tikal's Ceremonial Court were used for ballgames (Scarborough, p. 137).
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as far back as 1250â1150 BC. A rudimentary ballcourt, dated to a later occupation at San Lorenzo, 600â400 BC, has also been identified.
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Folio 45. Note that the four players are all holding batons, perhaps indicating that they are playing a type of racquet- or stick-ball.
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Hosler, Dorothy; Sandra Burkett; Michael Tarkanian (June 18, 1999). "Prehistoric Polymers: Rubber Processing in Ancient Mesoamerica".
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defeating them. However, the twins are unsuccessful in reviving their father, so they leave him buried in the ball court of Xibalba.
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1609:
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Quirarte, Jacinto (1977). "The Ballcourt in Mesoamerica: Its Architectural Development". In Alan Cordy-Collins; Jean Stern (eds.).
1174:) as a symbol for warfare intimately connected to the themes of fertility and death. The story begins with the Hero Twins' father,
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p. 100. Taladoire gives these measures for the "playing field", while other authors include the benches and other trappings. See
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The association between human sacrifice and the ballgame appears rather late in the archaeological record, no earlier than the
509:
2028:
Finca Acapulco, San Mateo, and El Vergel, along the Grijalva, have ballcourts dated between 900 and 550 BC (Agrinier, p. 175).
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Detail of a Tepantitla mural showing a hip-ball game on an open-ended ballcourt, represented by the parallel horizontal lines.
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4778:
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from the Classic Veracruz site of Aparicio (700â900 CE). The Postclassic Maya religious and quasi-historical narrative, the
483:
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open. He also reported that players were even killed when the ball "hit them in the mouth or the stomach or the intestines".
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Shelton, Anthony A. (2003). "The Aztec Theatre State and the Dramatization of War". In Tim Cornell; Thomas B. Allen (eds.).
1782:, pp. 109â110. There is wide agreement on game originating in the tropical lowlands, likely the Gulf Coast or Pacific Coast.
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is thought to have represented the sun. The stone scoring rings are speculated to signify sunrise and sunset, or equinoxes.
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and the northern Maya Lowlands have relatively few, and ballcourts are conspicuously absent at some major sites, including
387:
Mesoamerican ballgame, and researchers believe that this version was the primaryâor perhaps onlyâversion played within the
1466:
974:
The southeast panel of the South Ballcourt at El TajĂn shows the protagonist ballplayer being dressed in a warrior's garb.
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344:
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109:
and weighed as much as 4 kg (9 lbs), and sizes differed greatly over time or according to the version played.
1623:
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796:. A pre-Columbian ceramic from western Mexico shows what appears to be a wrestling match taking place on a ballcourt.
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OrtĂz, "Las ofrendas de El ManatĂ y su posible asociaciĂłn con el juego de pelota: un yugo a destiempo", pp. 55â67 in
463:, the ball is hit back and forth using only the hips until one team fails to return it or the ball leaves the court.
329:
3884:"El CorazĂłn del Juego: El Juego de Pelota Mesoamericano como Texto Cultural en la Narrativa y el Cine ContemporĂĄneo"
1747:"El CorazĂłn del Juego: El Juego de Pelota Mesoamericano como Texto Cultural en la Narrativa y el Cine ContemporĂĄneo"
81:. The sport had different versions in different places during the millennia, and a modernized version of the game,
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These excerpts from the Popol Vuh can be found in Christenson's recent translation or in any work on the Popol Vuh.
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compound at Teotihuacan show a number of small scenes that seem to portray various types of ball games, including:
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574:
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1583:âOrigins of the Mesoamerican ballgame: Earliest ballcourt from the highlands found at Etlatongo, Oaxaca, Mexicoâ
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p. 109, who states that Matacapan and Tikal did indeed build ballcourts but only after the fall of Teotihuacan.
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Life, Death and Duality: A Handbook of the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C. Collection of Ritual Ballgame Sculpture
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394:. Ample archaeological evidence exists for games where the ball was struck by a wooden stick (e.g., a mural at
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The rules of the Mesoamerican ballgame, regardless of the version, are not known in any detail. In modern-day
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120:. The sport was also played casually for recreation by children and may have been played by women as well.
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1951:, p. 32, although the identification of a ballcourt within San Lorenzo has not been universally accepted.
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only external mediation, but also the resolution of competition and conflict within the society as well.
102:, where the aim is to keep the ball in play. The stone ballcourt goals are a late addition to the game.
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1379:("in the holy ballcourt")âhere several important rituals would take place on the festivals of the month
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The yoke and kneepads identify this molded ceramic Maya figurine as a ballplayer. Like many of these
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One of a series of murals from the South Ballcourt at El TajĂn, showing the sacrifice of a ballplayer
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Other scholars support these arguments by pointing to the warfare imagery often found at ballcourts:
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are seen with a right kneepadâno leftâand a wrapped right forearm, as shown in the Maya image above.
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tree. Someone discovered that by mixing latex with sap from the vine of a species of morning glory (
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2529:(1991). "Ballcourts of the Northern Maya Lowlands". In Vernon Scarborough; David R. Wilcox (eds.).
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1966:
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3691:(in Spanish). MĂ©xico D.F.: SigloXXI Editores and Casa de Cultura, Gobierno del Estado de Sinaloa.
3182:(in Spanish). San Salvador, El Salvador: Ministerio de Cultura y Comunicaciones. pp. 225â228.
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1017:, "until quite recently was connected with warfare and many reminders of that association remain".
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An Archaeological Guide to Northern Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador
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3085:, p. 8: "The game was played by nearly all adolescent and adult males, noble and commoner alike."
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Aztec ullamaliztli players performing for Charles V in Spain, drawn by Christoph Weiditz in 1528.
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278:, archaeologists have found the oldest ballcourt yet discovered, dated to approximately 1400 BC.
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Social Patterns in Pre-Classic Mesoamerica: a symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 9 and 10 October 1993
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3097:, another early Spanish chronicler, also mentioned the heavy betting that accompanied games in
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Little is known about the game's symbolic contents. Several themes recur in scholarly writing.
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967:, with 24 ballcourts, had many diverse cultures residing there under a relatively weak state.
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The Mesoamerican ballgame is known by a wide variety of names. In English, it is often called
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Cohodas, Marvin (1991). "Ballgame imagery of the Maya Lowlands: History and Iconography". In
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1403:, against the forces of night, led by the moon and the stars, and represented by the goddess
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2879:, or Blanchard. Some researchers contend that the ball represents not the sun, but the moon.
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1519:, has been proposed as a descendant of the Mesoamerican ballgame, perhaps through the Maya.
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production. The earliest-known rubber balls in the world come from the sacrificial bog at
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3749:. Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology (2nd ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth.
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Despite the lack of a ballcourt, ball games were not unknown there. The murals of the
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placed on each wall along the center line. According to 16th-century Aztec chronicler
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The rules of the Mesoamerican ballgame are not known, but judging from its descendant,
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AlegrĂa, Ricardo E. (1951). "The Ball Game Played by the Aborigines of the Antilles".
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Blom, Frans (1932). "The Maya Ball-Game 'Pok-ta-pok', called Tlachtli by the Aztecs".
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A captive-within-the-ball motif is seen on the Hieroglyphic Stairs at Structure 33 in
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Orr, Heather (2005). "Ballgames: The Mesoamerican Ballgame". In Lindsay Jones (ed.).
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A solid rubber ball used or similar to those used in the Mesoamerican ballgame, from
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The Lords of Life: The Iconography of Power and Fertility in Preclassic Mesoamerica
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A map showing sites where early ballcourts, balls, or figurines have been recovered
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3798:. The Greenwood Press "Daily Life Through History". Westport CT: Greenwood Press.
2893:. Snite Museum of Art Bulletin, Vol. 1. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame.
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Teams using sticks on an open field whose end zones are marked by stone monuments.
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and similarly styled figurines from the same period have been found at the nearby
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (2002). "Recent Acquisitions, A selection 2001â2002".
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source, the Leyenda de los Soles, the Toltec king Huemac played ball against the
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players are "perpetually bruised" while nearly 500 years ago Spanish chronicler
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A two-player game in an open-ended masonry ballcourt. (See third picture below.)
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Fertility. Formative period ballplayer figurinesâmost likely femalesâoften wear
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Some ballcourts had upper goals, scoring on which would end the match instantly.
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3624:(Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name organized by the
3394:(Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name organized by the
3257:(Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name organized by the
2772:(Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name organized by the
2631:, p. 340: the ballgame was "a boundary maintenance mechanism between polities".
2354:(Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name organized by the
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and sites right at the southeast periphery of the Mesoamerican region such as
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3851:; Alexander Voss (2006). "A Game of Life and Death â The Maya Ball Game". In
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The ball-as-sun analogy is common in ballgame literature; see, among others,
1965:(exhibition catalogue, February 2 â April 5, 1992 ed.). Notre Dame, IN:
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states that the ball used by present-day players is 8 pounds (3.6 kg).
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ball court, holding the severed arm of Hunahpu, as an important exception.
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king, played against three rivals, with the winner ruling over the losers.
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Ancient cities with particularly fine ballcourts in good condition include
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which were inserted into the yoke and stood upright in front of the chest.
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2348:"The Modern Ballgames of Sinaloa: a Survival of the Aztec Ullamaliztli"
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establishes the importance of the game (referred to in Classic Maya as
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1612:. Cf. Chapter 4: "Sudden Death in the New World" about the Ulama game.
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Ballplayer painting from the Tepantitla, Teotihuacan murals. Note the
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A relief of the Crown showing a scene from the Mesoamerican Ball Game.
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2866:, p. 243: "occasionally decapitated heads (sic) were placed in play"
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p. 98. There are slightly over 200 ballcourts also identified in the
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Separate renditions of single players. (See first two details below.)
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icons. At El TajĂn, the ballplayer sacrifice ensures the renewal of
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305:(i.e. "rubber people") since the region was strongly identified with
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3261:, Charlotte, NC. ed.). New York: Thames & Hudson. pp.
3081:, p. 45 and others, although there is by no means a universal view;
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Captives are a prominent part of ballgame iconography. For example:
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northern desert. Most balls were made from latex sap of the lowland
155:). This term originates from a 1932 article by Danish archaeologist
4090:"Glyphs for "Handspan" and "Strike" in Classic Maya Ballgame Texts"
3915:. Facts on File Library of World History. New York: Facts On File.
3628:, Charlotte, NC ed.). New York: Thames & Hudson. pp.
3208:
2262:, Charlotte, NC. ed.). New York: Thames & Hudson. p.
725:, although Mesoamerican ballgame iconography has been found there.
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3363:. Ancient peoples and places series. London: Thames & Hudson.
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CĂłdice Chimalpopoca: Anales de Cuauhtitlan y Leyenda de los Soles
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cosmic order of the universe and the ritual regeneration of life.
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brings a rubber ball offering to a temple. The balls each hold a
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In general, the hip-ball version is most popularly thought of as
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Several ceramic figurines show war captives holding game balls.
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reported that some bruises were so severe that they had to be
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The ball in front of the goal during a game of pok-ta-pok, 2006
3538:. Palo Alto, California: Peek Publications. pp. 191â212.
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Garza Camino, Mercedes de la; Ana Luisa Izquierdo (1980). "El
2827:, p. 249: "It would not be surprising if the game were rigged"
1178:, and uncle, Vucub Hunahpu, playing ball near the underworld,
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with ritual associations played since at least 1650 BC by the
3203:(4). Menasha, WI: Society for American Archaeology: 348â352.
2252:"Dressed to Kill: Stone Regalia of the Mesoamerican Ballgame"
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An I-shaped ballcourt with players and balls depicted in the
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and few external rivals, had relatively few ballcourts while
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In many cultures, further protection was provided by a thick
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site. It was about this period, as well, that the so-called
135:, and possibly as far north as what is now the U.S. state of
1051:, also links human sacrifice with the ballgame (see below).
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style figurines, it also functions as a whistle. 600â900 CE.
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player. The outfit is similar to that worn by Aztec players.
3618:"The Architectural Background of the Pre-Hispanic Ballgame"
3149:. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 221, 226.
2766:"The Maya Ballgame: Rebirth in the Court of Life and Death"
2647:"Pre-Hispanic Ballcourts from the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico"
1515:
Batey, a ball game played on many Caribbean islands in the
127:
have been found throughout Mesoamerica, as for example at
3689:
El juego de pelota en MesoamĂ©rica: raĂces y supervivencia
1720:
Graña Behrens, Daniel (2001). "El Juego de Pelota Maya".
2994:
2992:
2641:
Kowalewski, Stephen A.; Gary M. Feinman; Laura Finsten;
928:, wagering his annual income against several Xochimilco
270:
One candidate for the birthplace of the ballgame is the
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OrtĂz C., Ponciano; MarĂa del Carmen RodrĂguez (1999).
1624:"Indigenous groups keep ancient sports alive in Mexico"
189:
177:
3622:
The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame
3392:
The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame
3255:
The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame
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The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame
2352:
The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame
2256:
The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame
2113:(Revised ed.). Bergin & Garvey. p. 107.
1724:(in Spanish). Guatemala: Cholsamaj. pp. 203â228.
332:
have also uncovered a number of ballplayer figurines,
205:
4051:"The Mesoamerican Ballgame in the American Southwest"
3795:
Daily Life of the Aztecs: People of the Sun and Earth
1038:. The association was particularly strong within the
666:
Cross sections of some of the more typical ballcourts
3496:(Dumbarton Oaks etexts ed.). Washington, D.C.:
3477:"Olmec Ritual Behavior at El ManatĂ: A Sacred Space"
2042:. Detroit: Macmillan Reference, Vol. 2. p. 749.
1808:(1998). "Ball court design dates back 3,400 years".
301:
contemporaries who then inhabited the region as the
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coastal lowlands along the Pacific Ocean. Here, at
5045:
4977:
4509:
4238:
2085:
reports that four-man vs four-man team also existed
1961:Bradley, Douglas E.; Peter David Joralemon (1993).
495:Capes and masks, for example, are shown on several
3707:
3657:
3590:The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art
3555:
3356:
3318:
2530:
1581:Jeffrey P. Blomster and VĂctor E. Salazar ChĂĄvez.
1545:, a 2016 animated TV series by The Disney Channel.
164:
4053:. In Vernon Scarborough; David R. Wilcox (eds.).
3747:The Aztecs of Central Mexico: An Imperial Society
2204:. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. pp. 238â239.
2083:The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World
1992:. In Vernon Scarborough; David R. Wilcox (eds.).
1990:"Ceramic Figurines and the Mesoamerican Ballgame"
3859:. Cologne, Germany: Könemann. pp. 186â191.
2925:VelĂĄzquez, Primo Feliciano (translator) (1975).
1426:Young Aztecs would be taught ballplaying in the
993:was decorated with sculptures of bound captives.
4143:The First Basketball: The Mesoamerican ballgame
2973:. Museo Popol Vuh, Guatemala. pp. 114â118.
1996:. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. p.
1358:or "to play ball". The ball itself was called
1292:Ballplayer painting from the Tepantitla murals.
3498:Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
526:players (above)âa span of nearly 3,000 years.
4174:
1601:The ball: discovering the object of the game"
936:, a contemporary of Torquemada, relates that
227:
221:
215:
8:
2104:
2102:
1703:Middle American Research Series Publications
1342:The Aztec version of the ballgame is called
701:, the largest city of the ballgame-obsessed
689:was only 16 by 5 metres (52 by 16 ft).
512:in Mexico City â a figure of a pelota player
351:-style ballplayer figurines were crafted in
176:, the language of the Aztecs, it was called
5267:Indigenous sports and games of the Americas
1013:The modern-day descendant of the ballgame,
4181:
4167:
4159:
3913:Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya World
3855:; Eva Eggebrecht; Matthias Seidel (eds.).
3118:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
1589:â, 13 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
1201:The ballgame in Mesoamerican civilizations
1077:In this detail from the late 15th century
4689:Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
1565:, which depicts the ball and stone goals.
516:The basic hip-game outfit consisted of a
3792:Carrasco, David; Scott Sessions (1998).
3773:California State University, Los Angeles
3592:. Fort Worth, Texas: Kimball Art Museum.
3388:"Rubber and Rubber Balls in Mesoamerica"
3359:The Olmecs: America's First Civilization
2730:California State University, Los Angeles
2525:Kurjack, Edward B.; Ruben Maldonado C.;
2195:
2193:
1329:
1258:that were under Teotihuacano influence.
1246:No ballcourt has yet been identified at
1209:
591:, or handstone, used to strike the ball.
370:
328:Excavations at the nearby Olmec site of
247:
239:
112:The Mesoamerican ballgame had important
3990:The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin
3714:. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
3664:. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
3562:. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
2969:Chinchilla Mazariegos, Oswaldo (2011).
2835:
2833:
2537:. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
1574:
1282:
798:
3398:, Charlotte, NC. ed.). New York:
3180:La ArqueologĂa de Quelepa, El Salvador
3111:
3027:
2942:
2932:
2912:
2776:, Charlotte, NC. ed.). New York:
2616:
2600:
2598:
2512:
1660:The evidence for ballcourts among the
1622:Schwartz, Jeremy (December 19, 2008).
1465:(ballplayers) to Spain to perform for
1366:
861:Nuclear Zone, showing two ballplayers.
195:
183:
56:
3857:Maya: Divine Kings of the Rain Forest
2358:, Charlotte, NC ed.). New York:
1387:of four war captives to the honor of
226:('Mesoamerican ballgame'), or simply
7:
3045:The name of the present-day city of
2187:, pp. 107â108, who quotes Motolinia.
5160:Norse colonization of North America
3687:Uriarte, MarĂa Teresa, ed. (1992).
3390:. In E. Michael Whittington (ed.).
3253:. In E. Michael Whittington (ed.).
2408:. New York: Facts on File. p.
2350:. In E. Michael Whittington (ed.).
670:The game was played within a large
561:figurines. Many ballplayers of the
4149:A figurine showing ballplayer gear
3963:The Ancient Maya: New Perspectives
3010:
2998:
2983:
2705:
2589:
2565:
2484:
2452:
2287:
2064:The 16th-century Aztec chronicler
1863:, are not to be confused with the
1859:These Gulf Coast inhabitants, the
1791:
956:Empire, with a strong centralized
705:, has at least 18 ballcourts, and
25:
1375:the largest ballcourt was called
281:The other major candidate is the
4129:
3833:. University of Oklahoma Press.
2333:
2310:
2298:
2167:, p. 66, who further references
1804:Hill, Warren D.; Michael Blake;
1350:) and are derived from the word
1313:
1308:issuing from the player's mouth.
1297:
1285:
886:
866:
842:
829:
813:
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784:buried at the Main Ballcourt at
676:
646:
98:, they were probably similar to
5180:Southeastern Ceremonial Complex
4019:Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya
3965:. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
3100:Motolinia, Toribio de Benavente
3022:The Nahuatl word for the game,
2286:Dainzu gloves are discussed in
1362:and the ballcourt was called a
681:-shape when viewed from above.
510:National Museum of Anthropology
455:, the game resembles a netless
5277:15th-century BC establishments
3829:Christenson, Allen J. (2007).
3078:
3053:, comes from the Nahuatl word
2876:
2851:
2732:, Department of Anthropology,
2717:
2628:
1924:
1888:
1876:
1089:feather, part of the offering.
788:contained miniature whistles,
623:Some Maya depictions, such as
596:In fact, some of these extant
1:
3961:McKillop, Heather I. (2004).
3946:10.1126/science.284.5422.1988
3588:; Miller, Mary Ellen (1986).
2971:ImĂĄgenes de la mitologĂa maya
2488:
2472:
2321:
1891:(1999), pp. 228â232, 242â243.
1879:(1999), pp. 228â232, 242â243.
1850:Miller and Taube (1993, p.42)
1709:. Tulane University: 485â530.
1675:Dodson, Steve (May 8, 2006).
1604:, 1st ed., New York: Harper.
1150:A ballcourt marker, from the
1054:Captives were often shown in
1045:decapitated ballplayer stelae
398:shows a game which resembles
223:juego de pelota mesoamericano
5145:Mi'kmaq hieroglyphic writing
5095:Eastern Agricultural Complex
3775:, Department of Anthropology
3386:Filloy Nadal, Laura (2001).
3249:Day, Jane Stevenson (2001).
3178:Andrews, E. Wyllys (1986) .
3082:
2929:. Mexico: UNAM. p. 126.
2889:Bradley, Douglas E. (1997).
2839:
2812:
2604:
2440:
2184:
2069:
2052:
1969:, University of Notre Dame.
1937:
1912:
1779:
1481:Pok-ta-pok players in action
4529:Bandelier National Monument
4403:List of Mississippian sites
4190:Pre-Columbian North America
4059:University of Arizona Press
3882:Espinoza, Mauricio (2002).
3745:Berdan, Frances F. (2005).
3601:. New York: Boydell Press.
3446:University of Arizona Press
3327:University of Arizona Press
3294:Estudios de Cultura NĂĄhuatl
3133:De La Garza & Izquierdo
3067:De La Garza & Izquierdo
3057:meaning "in the ballcourt".
2863:
2824:
2659:University of Arizona Press
2109:Blanchard, Kendall (2005).
1988:Ekholm, Susanna M. (1991).
1745:Espinoza, Mauricio (2002).
1649:The Sport of Life and Death
881:region of the Maya lowlands
587:, 300 BC to 250 AD, with a
367:Material and formal aspects
5293:
4949:West Oak Forest Earthlodge
4554:The Bluff Point Stoneworks
4263:Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi)
3440:; David R. Wilcox (eds.).
3434:"Ballgames and Boundaries"
3317:; David R. Wilcox (eds.).
3132:
3066:
2653:; David R. Wilcox (eds.).
2200:Smith, Michael E. (2003).
1948:
1900:
1533:, a 2000 animated film by
1508:
1130:According to an important
634:
600:were created specifically
572:
159:, who adapted it from the
5218:
5190:Three Sisters agriculture
4196:
4055:The Mesoamerican Ballgame
4049:Wilcox, David R. (1991).
3710:The Mesoamerican Ballgame
3660:The Mesoamerican Ballgame
3558:The Mesoamerican Ballgame
3536:Pre-Columbian Art History
3442:The Mesoamerican Ballgame
3321:The Mesoamerican Ballgame
3251:"Performing on the Court"
2655:The Mesoamerican Ballgame
2533:The Mesoamerican Ballgame
2229:10.1017/S0956536103132142
2140:. Lonely Planet. p.
2111:The Anthropology of Sport
1994:The Mesoamerican Ballgame
1628:Austin American-Statesman
895:Wupatki National Monument
575:Mesoamerican rubber balls
548:players today. A type of
131:, as far south as modern
87:, is still played by the
4729:Lehner Mammoth-Kill Site
4288:Buttermilk Creek complex
4153:Classic Veracruz culture
4151:, from the Gulf coast's
3911:Foster, Lynn V. (2002).
3788:, accessed October 2007.
3784:October 5, 2013, at the
3616:Taladoire, Eric (2001).
3029:[oËllamaËlistÉŹi]
2738:October 4, 2013, at the
2693:
2577:
2500:
2405:Atlas of Ancient America
2164:
2040:Encyclopedia of Religion
1453:In 1528, soon after the
703:Classic Veracruz culture
330:San Lorenzo TenochtitlĂĄn
185:[oËlËamaËlistÉŹi]
58:[oËlËamaËlistÉŹi]
4929:Town Creek Indian Mound
4899:Sierra de San Francisco
4754:Meadowcroft Rockshelter
2250:Scott, John F. (2001).
1561:features a card called
1371:. In the Aztec capital
1214:The Great Ballcourt at
914:Fray Juan de Torquemada
206:
190:
178:
165:
66:
49:
4584:Coso Rock Art District
4471:Santa Rosa-Swift Creek
4374:List of Hopewell sites
4118:on September 10, 2008.
2913:Taladoire and Colsenet
2617:Taladoire and Colsenet
2527:Merle Greene Robertson
2513:Taladoire and Colsenet
2346:Leyenaar, Ted (2001).
1489:nuclear zone sites of
1482:
1438:Since the rubber tree
1423:
1354:"rubber" and the verb
1339:
1218:
1159:
1090:
1031:
667:
659:
637:Mesoamerican ballcourt
592:
513:
429:
376:
287:Isthmus of Tehuantepec
260:
245:
228:
222:
216:
89:indigenous populations
54:Nahuatl pronunciation:
37:
18:Mesoamerican ball game
4992:Arlington Springs Man
4834:Portsmouth Earthworks
4138:at Wikimedia Commons
4136:Mesoamerican ballgame
4088:Zender, Mark (2004).
3779:"Proyecto Ulama 2003"
3145:Kelly, Joyce (1996).
3108:. Paris. p. 320.
2173:Bernardino de SahagĂșn
1530:The Road to El Dorado
1480:
1421:
1333:
1221:In Maya Ballgame the
1213:
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644:
617:Calonyction aculeatum
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42:Mesoamerican ballgame
35:
5200:Transoceanic contact
5090:Container Revolution
4664:Gila Cliff Dwellings
4629:Etowah Indian Mounds
3529:on February 5, 2009.
3032:) was often spelled
2134:Noble, John (2006).
1558:Magic: The Gathering
217:juego de pelota maya
5262:Mesoamerican sports
5120:Green Corn Ceremony
4934:Turkey River Mounds
4724:Lake Jackson Mounds
4544:Blue Spring Shelter
4024:Thames & Hudson
3940:(5422): 1988â1991.
3430:Gillespie, Susan D.
3400:Thames & Hudson
2778:Thames & Hudson
2400:Elizabeth P. Benson
2360:Thames & Hudson
2217:Ancient Mesoamerica
1967:Snite Museum of Art
1925:Ortiz and RodrĂguez
1889:Ortiz and RodrĂguez
1877:Ortiz and RodrĂguez
1822:1998Natur.392..878H
1563:Contested Game Ball
1535:Dreamworks Pictures
1368:[ËtÉŹatÊtÉŹi]
1346:(sometimes spelled
315:Coatzacoalcos River
220:('Maya ballgame'),
197:[ËtÉŹatÊtÉŹi]
79:Ancient Mesoamerica
5205:Underwater panther
4879:Rosenstock Village
4749:Marmes Rockshelter
4734:L'Anse aux Meadows
4010:Miller, Mary Ellen
3626:Mint Museum of Art
3438:Vernon Scarborough
3396:Mint Museum of Art
3315:Vernon Scarborough
3292:en el Siglo XVI".
3259:Mint Museum of Art
3196:American Antiquity
2945:has generic name (
2774:Mint Museum of Art
2762:Miller, Mary Ellen
2651:Vernon Scarborough
2643:Richard E. Blanton
2457:American Southwest
2356:Mint Museum of Art
2260:Mint Museum of Art
1598:Fox, John (2012).
1523:In popular culture
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5032:Spirit Cave mummy
4829:Plum Bayou Mounds
4739:Lynch Quarry Site
4258:Ancient Beringian
4134:Media related to
4072:978-0-8165-1180-8
4033:978-0-500-05129-0
3972:978-1-57607-697-2
3922:978-0-8160-4148-0
3866:978-3-8331-1957-6
3840:978-0-8061-3839-8
3756:978-0-534-62728-7
3721:978-0-8165-1180-8
3698:978-968-23-1837-5
3671:978-0-8165-1180-8
3639:978-0-500-05108-5
3608:978-0-85115-870-9
3569:978-0-8165-1180-8
3545:978-0-917962-41-7
3511:978-0-88402-252-7
3488:Rosemary A. Joyce
3459:978-0-8165-1360-4
3413:978-0-500-05108-5
3370:978-0-500-02119-4
3336:978-0-8165-1360-4
3272:978-0-500-05108-5
3156:978-0-8061-2858-0
2864:Schele and Miller
2825:Schele and Miller
2791:978-0-500-05108-5
2672:978-0-8165-1360-4
2544:978-0-8165-1180-8
2419:978-0-8160-1199-5
2373:978-0-500-05108-5
2273:978-0-500-05108-5
2151:978-1-74059-744-9
2120:978-0-89789-329-9
2007:978-0-8165-1180-8
1816:(6679): 878â879.
1731:978-99922-56-41-1
1461:sent a troupe of
1441:Castilla elastica
1206:Maya civilization
989:The ballcourt at
908:Proxy for warfare
873:The ballcourt at
611:Castilla elastica
490:Clothing and gear
334:radiocarbon-dated
317:drainage system.
46:Nahuatl languages
16:(Redirected from
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5175:Projectile point
5012:Leanderthal Lady
4939:Upward Sun River
4914:Stallings Island
4904:Shell ring sites
4854:Recapture Canyon
4769:Moorehead Circle
4614:El Fin del Mundo
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5105:Effigy mound
5085:Clovis point
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4909:Spiro Mounds
4889:Salmon Ruins
4884:Russell Cave
4679:Helen Blazes
4674:Grimes Point
4654:Fort Juelson
4644:Fort Ancient
4619:El Vallecito
4579:Chaco Canyon
4519:Angel Mounds
4481:Steed-Kisker
4431:Paleo-Arctic
4353:Glacial Kame
4338:Fort Ancient
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1397:
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1347:
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1343:
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1278:
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1079:Codex Borgia
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557:vases or on
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5195:Thunderbird
5063:Black drink
5027:Peñon woman
4964:Winterville
4944:Velda Mound
4924:Taos Pueblo
4819:Parkin Park
4804:Orwell site
4789:Nodena site
4684:Holly Bluff
4659:Four Mounds
4649:Fort Center
4574:Casa Grande
4524:Anzick site
4416:Monongahela
4343:Fort Walton
4318:Coles Creek
4283:Belle Glade
4268:Anishinaabe
4061:. pp.
3500:. pp.
3448:. pp.
3402:. pp.
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2362:. pp.
2169:Diego DurĂĄn
1681:Languagehat
1517:West Indies
1433:Diego DurĂĄn
1248:Teotihuacan
1242:Teotihuacan
1176:Hun Hunahpu
1036:Classic era
922:Xihuitlemoc
879:Petén Basin
770:Mixco Viejo
750:Monte AlbĂĄn
715:Teotihuacan
657:El Salvador
625:this relief
604:offerings.
585:Kaminaljuyu
563:Classic era
535:animal yoke
468:Postclassic
440:Diego DurĂĄn
396:Teotihuacan
299:Postclassic
265:rubber tree
229:pelota maya
100:racquetball
5257:Ball games
5246:Categories
5140:Metallurgy
5100:Eden point
4997:Buhl Woman
4869:Rock Eagle
4859:River Styx
4784:Mummy Cave
4779:Moundville
4759:Mesa Verde
4744:Marksville
4491:Tchefuncte
4451:Plaquemine
4387:Las Palmas
4303:Calf Creek
4298:Cades Pond
4057:. Tucson:
4022:. London:
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3325:. Tucson:
3105:Memoriales
2661:. p.
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2202:The Aztecs
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1722:Mundo Maya
1570:References
1463:Ćllamanime
1377:Teotlachco
1360:Ćllamaloni
1263:Tepantitla
1228:quatrefoil
1223:Hero Twins
1156:Chinkultic
1102:Yaxchilan.
926:Xochimilco
766:Xochicalco
723:Tortuguero
478:cultures.
457:volleyball
291:Gulf Coast
289:along the
157:Frans Blom
149:pok-ta-pok
125:ballcourts
77:people of
5185:Stickball
4874:Rock Hawk
4704:Key Marco
4496:Troyville
4476:St. Johns
4461:Red Ocher
4220:Formative
4109:0003-8113
4002:0026-1521
3900:1535-2315
3814:1080-4749
3306:0071-1675
3233:164059254
3135:, p. 325.
3114:cite book
3095:Motolinia
3079:Wilkerson
3069:, p. 315.
2935:cite book
2915:, p. 173.
2877:Gillespie
2854:, p. 321.
2852:Gillespie
2718:Wilkerson
2629:Gillespie
2443:, p. 259.
2237:162558994
2066:Motolinia
1763:1535-2315
1686:April 20,
1505:Caribbean
1467:Charles V
1409:Coatlicue
1385:sacrifice
1252:Matacapan
1168:Popol Vuh
1117:beverage.
1066:Symbolism
1060:Popol Vuh
1049:Popol Vuh
998:Yaxchilan
938:Topiltzin
930:chinampas
918:Axayacatl
893:Ruins at
877:, in the
631:Ballcourt
518:loincloth
484:Motolinia
421:A modern
392:ballcourt
349:Xochipala
345:Tlapacoya
311:El ManatĂ
272:Soconusco
254:ballcourt
153:pok-a-tok
133:Nicaragua
5073:Chanunpa
5058:Ballgame
5037:Vero man
4987:Anzick-1
4959:Windover
4919:SunWatch
4849:Rassawek
4669:Glenwood
4559:Brewster
4411:Mogollon
4382:La Jolla
4368:Hopewell
4328:Deptford
4241:cultures
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2899:39750624
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2800:49029226
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2681:51873028
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2580:, p. 69.
2553:22765562
2503:, p. 75.
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2473:Quirarte
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2322:Schwartz
2301:, p. 22.
2016:22765562
1975:29839104
1665:article.
1550:Futurama
1428:calmecac
1364:tlachtli
1188:calabash
1154:site of
1056:Maya art
790:ocarinas
719:Bonampak
699:El TajĂn
697:site of
653:CihuatĂĄn
645:Classic
404:racquets
353:Guerrero
341:Tlatilco
323:offering
191:tlachtli
166:pokolpok
69:) was a
5222:Related
5080:Chunkey
4980:remains
4969:Wupatki
4809:Paquime
4699:HuĂĄpoca
4564:Cahokia
4534:Bastian
4441:Patayan
4363:Hohokam
4348:Fremont
4323:ComondĂș
4278:Baytown
4273:Avonlea
4253:Alachua
4225:Classic
4215:Archaic
4203:Periods
4063:101â125
3933:Science
3502:225â254
3450:317â345
3083:Santley
3013:p. 113.
3001:p. 112.
2840:Cohodas
2813:Uriarte
2708:p. 114.
2696:, p. 76
2605:Santley
2441:Cohodas
2364:125â126
2336:, p. 30
2185:Shelton
2070:Shelton
2053:Cohodas
1938:Uriarte
1913:Uriarte
1903:, p. 27
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1495:El BaĂșl
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920:played
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707:Cantona
672:masonry
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500:reliefs
466:In the
423:Sinaloa
389:masonry
236:Origins
212:Spanish
174:Nahuatl
137:Arizona
4639:Folsom
4604:Cutler
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1459:Cortés
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1191:gourds
1115:maguey
1111:pulque
991:ToninĂĄ
942:Toltec
940:, the
792:, and
772:, and
721:, and
655:site,
550:garter
539:palmas
531:girdle
497:DainzĂș
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303:Olmeca
295:Aztecs
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1107:maize
1015:ulama
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