The sport of life and death : the Mesoamerican ballgame / edited by E. Michael Whittington ; with essays by Douglas E. Bradley ... [et al.].
2001
796.30972 S764 2001
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Title
The sport of life and death : the Mesoamerican ballgame / edited by E. Michael Whittington ; with essays by Douglas E. Bradley ... [et al.].
ISBN
0500051089
Imprint
New York : Thames & Hudson, 2001.
Language
English
Description
288 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
Call Number
796.30972 S764 2001
System Control No.
(OCoLC)49029226
Note
Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name organized by the Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, N.C.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-281) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Rubber and rubber balls in Mesoamerica / Laura Filloy Nadal
Gender, power, and fertility in the Olmec ritual ballgame / Douglas E. Bradley
Unity in duality: the practice and symbols of the Mesoamerican ballgame / María Teresa Uriarte
Dressed to kill: stone regalia of the Mesoamerican ballgame / John F. Scott
Performing on the court / Jane Stevenson Day
The Maya ballgame: rebirth in the court of life and death / Mary Miller
The ballcourt in Tenochtitlan / Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
The architectural background of the pre-Hispanic ballgame: an evolutionary perspective / Eric Taladoire
An ancient tradition continued: modern rubber processing in Mexico / Michael J. Tarkanian and Dorothy Hosler
The modern ballgames of Sinaloa: a survival of the Aztec ullamaliztli / Ted J.J. Leyenaar
Everything old is new again: the enduring legacy of the ancient games / E. Michael Whittington
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Gender, power, and fertility in the Olmec ritual ballgame / Douglas E. Bradley
Unity in duality: the practice and symbols of the Mesoamerican ballgame / María Teresa Uriarte
Dressed to kill: stone regalia of the Mesoamerican ballgame / John F. Scott
Performing on the court / Jane Stevenson Day
The Maya ballgame: rebirth in the court of life and death / Mary Miller
The ballcourt in Tenochtitlan / Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
The architectural background of the pre-Hispanic ballgame: an evolutionary perspective / Eric Taladoire
An ancient tradition continued: modern rubber processing in Mexico / Michael J. Tarkanian and Dorothy Hosler
The modern ballgames of Sinaloa: a survival of the Aztec ullamaliztli / Ted J.J. Leyenaar
Everything old is new again: the enduring legacy of the ancient games / E. Michael Whittington
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