The sport of life and death : the Mesoamerican ballgame
| Körperschaft: |
Mint Museum of Art
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| Weitere Verfasser: |
Whittington, E. Michael
, [HerausgeberIn]
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
London :
Thames & Hudson,
2001.
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| Umfang/Format: |
288p. : ill. (some col.), maps, plates ; 31 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0500051089 |
| Schlagworte: | |
| iDAI.gazetteer: |
Mittelamerika Südamerika |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Contents: 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 & 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
- Catalogue.
