Description
The Olmec started playing ballgames around 1800 BC, an activity that soon was crucial a part of Mesoamerican life. This book accompanies an exhibition on the Mint Museum of Art in North Carolina and includes 11 essays from the world’s leading authorities on Mesoamerican art and culture. The contributors believe all aspects of ballgames, enactment, gender and symbolic aspects, the regalia worn, `performance’, the court setting, and the legacy of the sport. The catalogue comprises many very good colour photographs of figurines, painted and sculpted vessels and relief panels.