- A
Mesoamerican ballcourt (Nahuatl languages: tlachtli) is a
large masonry structure of a type used in
Mesoamerica for more than 2,700
years to play the...
- to racquetball,
where the aim is to keep the ball in play. The
stone ballcourt goals are a late
addition to the game.[citation needed] In the most common...
- Architecturally, city
buildings included palaces, pyramid-temples,
ceremonial ballcourts, and
structures specially aligned for
astronomical observation. The Maya...
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effect alone.
Archeologists have
identified in
Chichen Itza
thirteen ballcourts for
playing the
Mesoamerican ballgame, but the
Great Ball
Court about...
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found 8m
southeast of
Ballcourt A, and BCM 2 was
found in the
center of
Ballcourt B.
Discovered northwest of the B-Group
Ballcourt.
Erected by K'inich Joy...
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achievement of
Uaxaclajuun Ubʼaah
Kawiil was
Ballcourt A-III. It is one of the most
imposing Mesoamerican ballcourts in the region, surp****ed only by that of...
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taken place. The
surviving architecture,
which includes a
Mesoamerican ballcourt,
temples and palaces, has been
badly damaged by the
looting of
stone to...
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depicted Mayan mythology, warriors, captives, rulers, and ceremonies. The
ballcourt in
Cerros is
contemporary and date to the
Tulix ceramic phase (100BC-100AD)...
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Ballcourt marker from the
Postclassic site of
Mixco Viejo in Guatemala. This
sculpture depicts ****ulkan, jaws agape, with the head of a
human warrior...
- six
houses that
served as the
first tests of Xibalba, and the
Xibalban ballcourt. Also
mentioned are the
homes of the Lords, gardens, and
other structures...
