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The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame by E. Michael Whittington, ed - 2001

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New York: Thames & Hudson, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Near fine first edition in a fine dust jacket. Blue cloth-patterned paper boards, Embossed T&H device on cover, gold titling on spine. Bumped at head and tail of spine. Russet end papers. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. Binding tight, square and strong. In a near fine dust jacket showing mild curling at top and bottom. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 323 illustrations, 171 in color. 288 pp. including index. Quarto, 9 x 12 inches tall. The world's first team sports were invented in Mexico by the Olmec, circa 1800 B.C. Played with balls made from the indigenous rubber plants, the games shared some aspects of basketball, football and soccer and were a vital part of Mesoamerican society, through the Mayan civilization until the Spanish forbade them in the 16th century. In The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame, editor E. Michael Whittington, curator of pre-Columbian and African art at North Carolina's Mint Museum, displays 323 photographs (171 in color) of numerous artistic and textual representations of such games, including the Mayan creation myth, the Popol Vuh. Various scholars discuss mythic games between humans and gods, the human sacrifices that followed certain games, the ball court of Aztec capital Tenochtitlan now buried under Mexico City and other fascinating details about the Mesoamerican jock set. --- Publishers Weekly
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  • ISBN 10 0500051089
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  • Publisher Thames & Hudson
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 2001
  • Keywords olmec, maya, aztec, toltec, ball game, sacrifice, warriors, prisoners, ritual, mexico, Guatemala, central America, pre-Columbian, ball court, plaza, history

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