[Aztlan] Ballgame questions

[Bertrand Lobjois]

Una pregunta pragmatica ? Existia una sola forma de juego de pelota ? De
acuerdo con la forma del terreno, las reglas deberian ser diferentes, asi
como el tamaño de la pelota?

What do you think about this ?

Bertrand Lobjois
Universidad de Monterrey

2007/11/15, Craig <madman2001madman en yahoo.com>:
>
> Listeros:
>
>   I have been researching the Mesoamerican ballgame and I have 2 questions
> that don't seem to be directly addressed by published research.
>
>   -> What is the purpose of the "wings" (to coin a word) in the I-shaped
> ballcourt endzones?  It's hard to envision a situation where the ball would
> enter the wings of the end-zone -- and if it did, it would seem unlikely the
> defending team would be able to return it.  And yet it seems that most
> Classic era ballcourts featured these wings.
>
>   -> Based on the huge size of the balls in some Maya works (e.g. Kerr's
> fine oft-reprinted photo of the Dallas vase), some authors (e.g. Heather
> Orr) state that "some scholars propose . . . " that these balls really were
> that large but were hollow.  It seems instead that most researchers consider
> such images to be an "exaggeration" (to quote M Coe).  Has any serious
> researcher ever seriously suggested (as opposed to "wondering" or
> "speculating") that the Maya used large hollow balls on occasion??
>
>   Thanks in advance for any help,
>   Craig Fisher
>
>
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