ballcourts

[Michael Mccafferty]

Roberto,

What do you mean by "...a similar one played by native americans." ?

Are you referring to Mississippian societies' chunkey?

Best,

Michael

On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Roberto Tirado wrote:

>
>
>   greetings to the group.
>
> i was wondering if anyone knows about books or articles concerning the
> 'ballgame' played by mesoamerican societies and also a similar one played by
> native americans .
>
>   i am looking for books with pictorial representations of the symbols and
> decorations of the ballcourt surface itself.  Also useful to me would be
> detailed descriptions of the equipment used, and the varieties of rules and
> playing styles.
>
> *thank you*
>
>
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