@ballcourts@

[Roberto Tirado]

>Roberto,
>
>What do you mean by "...a similar one played by native americans." ?
>
>Are you referring to Mississippian societies' chunkey?
>---- Michael,
thanks for responding .
  the game played by the native americans i was referring to was one that
was mentioned to me by a friend awhile ago.
it so happened that she told me about a find ( or possibly many  finds ) in
north america of structures very much resembling the typical 'I' layout of
mesoamerican ballcourts. in the said article it was supposed that the native
peoples also shared the same ballgame as the peoples to the south.
unfortunately my friend already forgot which article it was and where she
saw it.
  Basically my interests is in the surface itself ! i want to know what it
looked like , how it was painted and decorated... i want to utilize it for
some personal murals and such.

  ? what's 'chunkey' by the way ? tell me some about it.

  thank you  .     RobertO
>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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