TY - BOOK AU - Whittington,E.Michael ED - Mint Museum of Art. TI - The sport of life and death: the Mesoamerican ballgame SN - 0500051089 AV - F 1219.3.G3 S66.2001 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - Thames & Hudson KW - Indios de México - KW - Deportes - KW - Exposiciones KW - Pelota (Juego indio) - KW - Antigüedades - KW - Indios de América Central - KW - Antiguedades - KW - México KW - Historia - KW - Hasta 1519 N1 - Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name organized by the Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, N.C; Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 273-281) e índice; Rubber and rubber balls in Mesoamerica / Laura Filloy Nadal -- Gender, power, and fertility in the Olmec ritual ballgame / Douglas E. Bradley -- Unity in duality: the practice and symbols of the Mesoamerican ballgame / María Teresa Uriarte -- Dressed to kill: stone regalia of the Mesoamerican ballgame / John F. Scott -- Performing on the court / Jane Stevenson Day -- The Maya ballgame: rebirth in the court of life and death / Mary Miller -- The ballcourt in Tenochtitlan / Eduardo Matos Moctezuma -- The architectural background of the pre-Hispanic ballgame: an evolutionary perspective / Eric Taladoire -- An ancient tradition continued: modern rubber processing in Mexico / Michael J. Tarkanian and Dorothy Hosler -- The modern ballgames of Sinaloa: a survival of the Aztec ullamaliztli / Ted J.J. Leyenaar -- Everything old is new again: the enduring legacy of the ancient games / E. Michael Whittington -- Catalogue ER -