Mesoamerican ballgame
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The Mesoamerican ballgame was an ancient ritual and sport played by pre-Columbian cultures using a rubber ball on stone courts, often imbued with religious, political, and cosmological significance.
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican cultural practice
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ancient team sport ⓘ ball game ⓘ ritual game ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
human sacrifice
ⓘ
myth of the Hero Twins ⓘ ritual bloodletting ⓘ warfare symbolism ⓘ |
| continuedAs | modern game ulama ⓘ |
| documentedIn | Popol Vuh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| earliestEvidenceDate | circa 1400 BCE ⓘ |
| earliestEvidenceSite | El Manatí NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| forbidsUseOf |
feet
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hands ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalEvidence |
ball courts
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ballplayer figurines ⓘ ballplayer reliefs ⓘ rubber balls ⓘ |
| hasCourtFeature |
end zones
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markers along the court ⓘ sloping walls ⓘ stone rings ⓘ vertical walls ⓘ |
| hasCourtType |
I-shaped court
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T-shaped court ⓘ |
| hasNotableSite |
Great Ballcourt at Chichen Itza
NERFINISHED
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ballcourts at El Tajín ⓘ ballcourts at Monte Albán ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalSignificance |
used for diplomacy between polities
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used to display elite power ⓘ used to resolve disputes ⓘ |
| hasProtectiveGear |
arm guards
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knee pads ⓘ leather belts ⓘ padded yoke ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSignificance |
associated with fertility rituals
ⓘ
associated with sun and planetary cycles ⓘ associated with the underworld ⓘ linked to Mesoamerican cosmology ⓘ |
| hasSocialFunction |
community ritual
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elite entertainment ⓘ public spectacle ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
football-like variant
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handball variant ⓘ hip-ball game ⓘ stickball variant ⓘ |
| influenced | contemporary interpretations of Mesoamerican religion ⓘ |
| originatedIn | Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedOn | stone court ⓘ |
| playedUsing |
buttocks
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forearms ⓘ hips ⓘ thighs ⓘ |
| playedWith | rubber ball ⓘ |
| practicedBy |
Aztec civilization
NERFINISHED
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Maya civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ Mixtec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ Olmec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ Teotihuacan culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Toltec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ Zapotec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
conflict between life and death
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cosmic struggle between day and night ⓘ movement of celestial bodies ⓘ |
| usedMaterial | natural rubber ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.