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Book Synopsis The Mesoamerican Ballgame by : Vernon L. Scarborough
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.
Book Synopsis The Rubber-ball Games of the Americas by : American Ethnological Society
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:
Book Synopsis The Rubber-ball Games of the Americas by : Theodore Stern
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.
Book Synopsis The Rubber-Ball Games of the Americas (Reprint Edition) by : Theodore Stern
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.
Book Synopsis The Pinky Ball Book and the Pinky Ball by : Dina Anastasio
Download or read book The Pinky Ball Book and the Pinky Ball written by Dina Anastasio and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces a type of ball that was originally manufactured only for the insides of tennis balls but became popular itself.
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.
Book Synopsis The Games of the Americas by : Brian Sutton-Smith
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:
Book Synopsis Ritual, Play, and Belief in Evolution and Early Human Societies by : Colin Renfrew
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.
Book Synopsis Native American Games and Stories by : James Bruchac
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.
Book Synopsis American Indian Sports Heritage by : Joseph B. Oxendine
Download or read book American Indian Sports Heritage written by Joseph B. Oxendine and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Neither the highly commercialized nature of professional sports today nor the more casual attitude prevailing in amateur activities captures the essence of Indian sport,” writes Joseph B. Oxendine. Through sport, Indians sought blessings from a higher spirit. Sport that evolved from religious rites retained a spiritual dimension, as seen in the attitude and manner of preparing and participating. In American Indian Sports Heritage, Oxendine discusses the history and importance in everyday life of ball games (especially lacrosse), running, archery, swimming, snow snake, hoop-and-pole, and games of chance. Indians gained nationwide visibility as athletes in baseball and football; the teams at boarding schools such as the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania and the Haskell Institute in Kansas were especially famous. Oxendine describes the apex of Indian sports during the first three decades of the twentieth century and chronicles the decline since. He looks at the career of the legendary Jim Thorpe and provides brief biographies of other Indian athletes before and after 1930.
Book Synopsis Bulletin of the Pan American Union by : Pan American Union
Download or read book Bulletin of the Pan American Union written by Pan American Union and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of American Indian Contributions to the World by : Emory Dean Keoke
Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Indian Contributions to the World written by Emory Dean Keoke and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the lives and achievements of American Indians and discusses their contributions to the world.
Book Synopsis Archaeology of Native North America by : Dean R. Snow
Download or read book Archaeology of Native North America written by Dean R. Snow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-04 with total page 675 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive text is intended for the junior-senior level course in North American Archaeology. Written by accomplished scholar Dean Snow, this new text approaches native North America from the perspective of evolutionary ecology. Succinct, streamlined chapters present an extensive groundwork for supplementary material, or serve as a core text.The narrative covers all of Mesoamerica, and explicates the links between the part of North America covered by the United States and Canada and the portions covered by Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and the Greater Antilles. Additionally, book is extensively illustrated with the author's own research and findings.
Book Synopsis The Native American Book of Life (EasyRead Large Bold Edition) by : White Deer of Autumn
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.
Book Synopsis American Physical Education Review by :
Download or read book American Physical Education Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the proceedings of the association's annual convention.
Book Synopsis Handbook of South American Indians by : Julian Haynes Steward
Download or read book Handbook of South American Indians written by Julian Haynes Steward and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis American Indian Contributions to the World by : Emory Dean Keoke
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.
