The Maya ballcourt and the Mountain of Creation : myth, game, and ritual
The topic of my dissertation is the architectural symbolism of the Maya ballcourt. The typical Mesoamerican ballcourt is a sunken playing surface that is situated between two parallel mounds that form a cleft in the earth, resembling the cleft Mountain of Creation. In fact, the ballcourt was an arch...
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| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/28412 |