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Classic Maya Ballcourts at La Milpa, Belize

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

Kevan C. Schultz ,
Jason J. Gonzalez  and
Norman Hammond
Kevan C. Schultz
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Jason J. Gonzalez
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Norman Hammond
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Abstract

Two ballcourts at the major Classic site of La Milpa are of similar age but different design, a circumstance found only rarely elsewhere. Differences in playing surface and alley plan suggest that different kinds of ballgame were played during the Terminal Classic period on these courts.

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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , Spring 1994 , pp. 45 - 53
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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