The sport of life and death
Subtitle: the Mesoamerican ballgame
By: edited by E. Michael Whittington ; with essays by Douglas E. Bradley ... [et al.].
Contributors: Whittington, E. Michael.; Mint Museum of Art.; New Orleans Museum of Art.; Joslyn Art Museum.; Newark Museum.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780500051085
Subjects: Indians of Mexico -- Sports -- Exhibitions; Pelota (Indian game) -- Exhibitions; Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions; Indians of Central America -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions; Indians of Central America -- Sports -- Exhibitions; Mexico -- History -- To 1519
Genres: Exhibitions
Notes: Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 22, 2001-Jan. 6, 2002; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, La., Feb. 16-Apr. 28, 2002; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebr., June 8-Sept. 1, 2002; and The Newark Museum, Newark, N.J., Oct. 1-Dec. 29, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-281) and index.
Table of contents: title: Rubber and rubber balls in Mesoamerica / Laura Filloy Nadal; title: Gender, power, and fertility in the Olmec ritual ballgame / Douglas E. Bradley; title: Unity in duality: the practice and symbols of the Mesoamerican ballgame / María Teresa Uriarte; title: Dressed to kill: stone regalia of the Mesoamerican ballgame / John F. Scott; title: Performing on the court / Jane Stevenson Day; title: The Maya ballgame: rebirth in the court of life and death / Mary Miller; title: The ballcourt in Tenochtitlan / Eduardo Matos Moctezuma; title: The architectural background of the pre-Hispanic ballgame: an evolutionary perspective / Eric Taladoire; title: An ancient tradition continued: modern rubber processing in Mexico / Michael J. Tarkanian and Dorothy Hosler; title: The modern ballgames of Sinaloa: a survival of the Aztec ullamaliztli / Ted J.J. Leyenaar; title: Everything old is new again: the enduring legacy of the ancient games / E. Michael Whittington; title: Catalogue.