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Ballgames and Ballcourts in Prehispanic Mesoamerica: A bibliography
Eric Taladoire
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As exemplified in this bibliographical essay, that includes about 2000 references, prehispanic ball courts and ballgames in Mesoamerica have been the focus of numerous studies, while the discovery of ball courts and related artifacts is continuous. In the last few weeks before completing this work, the author received information concerning two new discoveries – a newly recognized panel depicting a ballgame at the Maya site of Quirigua (Guatemala), and a third ball court within the Tenochtitlan sacred precinct under the National Palace in Mexico. These are just two of the most recent additions to a long list of bibliographical references, on a very controversial theme, that characterizes Mesoamerica and other related areas.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Table of Contents
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Ballgames and Ballcourts in Prehispanic Mesoamerica. A Bibliography.
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List of abreviations
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Section 1: A never-ending quest: web sites
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Section 2: European roots?
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Section 3: Witnesses and Chroniclers
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Section 4: The discovery of rubber
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Section 5: Pictography and codices
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Section 6: General studies on sports
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Section 7: The Mesoamerican ballgame: comprehensive studies
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Section 8: Ballgame, Ballgames and other games
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Section 9: Ballcourts : surveys and excavations
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Section 10: Outlying areas
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Section 11: Significant architectural associations?
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Section 12: Ballcourts bi- and tri-dimensional images
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Section 13: Epigraphy
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Section 14: Ballgame paraphernalia
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Section 15: Ballgame iconography and symbolism
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Section 16: Survival and rebirth
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Conclusion: Movies, novels and visual arts
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Index of Authors (numbers refer to pages)
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Published: 2012
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407309217 (paperback)
- 9781407339030 (ebook)
BAR Number: S2338