Download or read book The Mesoamerican Ballgame written by Vernon L. Scarborough and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Precolumbian ballgame, played on a masonry court, has long intrigued scholars because of the magnificence of its archaeological remains. From its lowland Maya origins it spread throughout the Aztec empire, where the game was so popular that sixteen thousand rubber balls were imported annually into Tenochtitlan. It endured for two thousand years, spreading as far as to what is now southern Arizona. This new collection of essays brings together research from field archaeology, mythology, and Maya hieroglyphic studies to illuminate this important yet puzzling aspect of Native American culture. The authors demonstrate that the game was more than a spectator sport; serving social, political, mythological, and cosmological functions, it celebrated both fertility and the afterlife, war and peace, and became an evolving institution functioning in part to resolve conflict within and between groups. The contributors provide complete coverage of the archaeological, sociopolitical, iconographic, and ideological aspects of the game, and offer new information on the distribution of ballcourts, new interpretations of mural art, and newly perceived relations of the game with material in the Popol Vuh. With its scholarly attention to a subject that will fascinate even general readers, The Mesoamerican Ballgame is a major contribution to the study of the mental life and outlook of New World peoples.
Download or read book The Rubber ball Games of the Americas written by American Ethnological Society and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rubber ball Games of the Americas written by Theodore Stern and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1950 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theodore Stern's ethnological monograph details the various rubber-ball games from South America, Central America, Mexico, and the southwestern United States, with discussion of equipment, game play, and folklore. Many games are known from ancient times (with play depicted in sculptures and other art), while other variations have been described by travelers up through recent times. This is a fascinating look at the American precursors to modern sport.
Download or read book The Rubber Ball Games of the Americas Reprint Edition written by Theodore Stern and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theodore Stern's ethnological monograph details the various rubber-ball games from South America, Central America, Mexico, and the southwestern United States, with discussion of equipment, game play, and folklore. Many games are known from ancient times (with play depicted in sculptures and other art), while other variations have been described by travelers up through recent times. This is a fascinating look at the American precursors to modern sport.
Download or read book Middle America written by Mary W. Helms and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1982 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published by Prentice-Hall in 1975.
Download or read book The Games of the Americas written by Brian Sutton-Smith and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Native American Games and Stories written by James Bruchac and published by Fulcrum Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognizing the widespread American Indian belief that you can learn while you play and play while you learn, "Native American Games and Stories" provides young readers with stories and games that educate and entertain them. Illustrations.
Download or read book Ritual Play and Belief in Evolution and Early Human Societies written by Colin Renfrew and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents unique new insights into the development of human ritual and society through our heritage of play and performance.
Download or read book American Indian Contributions to the World written by Emory Dean Keoke and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses Native American commerce, transportation and wars, including land and water transportation, weapons and armor, and traders.
Download or read book Handbook of South American Indians written by Julian Haynes Steward and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Anthropology of Sport written by Kendall Blanchard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1995-11-30 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone who reads the newspaper, watches television, or listens to casual conversation on the street is aware of the ubiquitous nature of sport. It is everywhere. It flavors our national culture and permeates every corner of our daily lives. Sport in America, as in many countries, is big business, popular culture, and potent politics. It has become its own medium of communication and has important ramifications for international and multicultural relationships. There is no topic that should be of greater interest to social science in general and anthropology in particular than the study of human sport. This volume presents theory, history, practice, and institution of human sport.
Download or read book Handbook of South American Indians The comparative ethnology of South American Indians written by Julian Haynes Steward and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Latin America in Colonial Times written by Matthew Restall and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition is a concise history of Latin America from the Aztecs and Incas to Independence.
Download or read book Sports in American History 2E written by Gems, Gerald and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2017-02-27 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports in American History: From Colonization to Globalization, Second Edition, journeys from the early American past to the present to give students a compelling grasp of the evolution of American sporting practices.
Download or read book History and Philosophy of Sport and Physical Activity written by R. Scott Kretchmar and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2023-07-27 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History and Philosophy of Sport and Physical Activity, Second Edition, blends historical investigations and philosophical insights regarding sport and physical activity. This cross-disciplinary text shows how theory in the humanities can affect professional practice
Download or read book The Native American Book of Life EasyRead Large Bold Edition written by White Deer of Autumn and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 1992 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the Native Americans' life with the European settlers after Columbus and their attempt to retain their culture and traditions in a changing, modern world.
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