Religion ... It is said that the ball represented the head of a sacrificed victim. In Tenochtitlan, the ball court was at the foot of the blood stained stairs of ...

The sport known simply as the Ball Game was played by all the major Mesoamerican civilizations and the impressive stone courts became a feature of many cities.

24 апр. 2017 г. · The Mesoamerican ball was solid rubber, weighing as much as 4 kilograms (9 pounds), while basketballs weigh only 624 grams (22 ounces). This is ...

35,00 $ The authors demonstrate that the game was more than a spectator sport; serving social, political, mythological, and cosmological functions, it celebrated both ...

17 авг. 2022 г. · The answer to both questions is no; the players were most likely not sacrificed, and the ball wasn't meant to go through the hoop, although it ...

The ancient Maya ballgame called pitz was part of Maya political, religious, and social life. Played with a rubber ball ranging in size from that of a ...

The Mesoamerican ballgame, also known as "ulama" or "tlachtli," was a ritual sport played by various cultures in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.

25 мар. 2020 г. · The customary equipment for the game was a hard rubber ball, and Castilla elastica rubber trees grow in the lowland coastal regions. That's ...

The Ball Game ... The Ball Game is characteristic of Mesoamerican societies. The Ball Game was more a ceremonial ritual than a sport and probably represented the ...

6 нояб. 2022 г. · The game carried a heavy symbolic meaning and was often used as a vessel for human sacrifice. The mesoamerican ball game originates in a mayan ...