Early Mesoamerican Ballgame Bibliography


- Agrinier, Pierre  
1991  "The Ballcourts of Southern Chiapas, Mexico". The 
Mesoamerican Ballgame. Scarborough, Vernon L. and David R. 
Wilcox eds. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.      Chapter 
10.

- Alexander, Rani T.; Robert S. Staltley, and Michael J. 
Berman 
1991    "The Politicization of the Mesoamerican Ballgame and 
Its Implications for the Interpretation of the Distribution of 
Ballcourts in Central Mexico".  The Mesoamerican Ballgame.  
Scarborough, Vernon L. and David R. Wilcox eds. University of 
Arizona Press, Tucson.  Chapter 1.

- Bernal, Ignacio
1979    Great Sculpture of Ancient Mexico.  Reynal & Company 
in association with William Morrow and Co., Inc., New York.

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1973    "Stone Reliefs in the Dainzu Area".  The Iconography 
of Middle American Sculpture. Plantin Press, New York.

- Blanchard, Kendall and Alyce Cheska
1985    The Anthropology of Sport an Introduction.  Bergin 
Garvey Publishers, Inc., South Hadley, Mass.

- Blanton, Richard E.; Stephen A. Kowalewski; Gary M. Feinman, 
Laura Finsten
1991    "Pre-Hispanic Ballcourts from the Valley of Oaxaca, 
Mexico" .The Mesoamerican Ballgame.  Scarborough, Vernon L. 
and David R. Wilcox eds.University of Arizona Press, Tucson.  
Chapter 2.

- Borhegyi, Stephan F. de
1980    The Pre-Columbian Ballgames  -a Pan-Mesoamerican 
Tradition. Contributions in Anthropology and History, 
Milwaukee Public Museum vol. 1 February.

- Castillo, Patricia O
1992    "Pre-Hispanic ball game and the origin of the game on 
the Central Mexican Plateau" El JUEGO DE PELOTA EN EL MEXICO 
PRECOLOMBIO y su pervivencia en la actualidad. Folch, Fundacio 
ed. Museu Etnologic, Barcelona.

- Coe, Michael D.
1980    In the Land of the Olmec.  University of Texas Press, 
Austin.

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1994     Mexico From the Olmecs to the Aztecs.  Thames and 
Hudson, London.

- Colsenet, Benoit and Eric Taladoire
1991    ""Bois Ton Sang, Beaumanoir" The Political and 
Conflictual Aspects of the Ballgame in the Northern Chiapas 
Area".  The Mesoamerican Ballgame.  Scarborough, Vernon L.  
and David R. Wilcox eds. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.  
Chapter 9.

- Covarrubias, Miguel
1957    Indian Art of Mexico and Central America.  Alfred A. 
Knopf, New York.

- Czitrom, Carolyn B.
1992    "Ball game in a sub-area of Wetern Mexico".  El JUEGO 
DE PELOTA EN EL MEXICO PRECOLOMBIO y su pervivencia en la 
actualidad. Folch, Fundacio ed. Museu Etnologic, Barcelona.

- Emmerich, Andre
1963    Art Before Columbus.  Simon and Shuster, New York.

- Feuchtwanger, Franz
1989    Ceramica Olmeca.  Editorial Patria, S.A. de C.V., 
Tizapan, Mexico.

- Gay, Carlo T.E.
1972    Xochipala:  The Beginnings of Olmec Art.  Trustees of 
Princeton University, New York.

- Gillespie, Susan
1991    Ballcourts of the Northern Maya Lowlands.  The 
Mesoamerican Ballgame, Scarborough   and Wilcox eds.  
University of Arizona Press, Tucson. Chapter 16.

- Hammer, Olga and Hasso Von Winning
1972    Anecdotal Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico.  Ethnic 
Arts Council of Los Angels, Los Angels.

- Joralemon, Peter David
1976    "The Olmec Dragon:  A Study in Pre-Columbian 
Iconography". Origins of Religious Art and Iconography in 
Preclassic Mesoamerica ed. H. B. Nicholson, 27-71.  Los 
Angeles.

- Kurjack, Edward B.; Ruben Maldonado C.; and Merle Green 
Roberston
1991    Ballcourts of the Northern Maya Lowlands.  The 
Mesoamerican Ballgame,. Scarborough, Vernon L. and David R. 
Wilcox eds. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. Chapter 8.

- Lavarreda, Christa Schieber de
1994    "A Middle Preclassic Clay Ball Court at Abaj Takalik, 
Guatemala".  Mexicon News and Studies on Mesoamerica, vol. 
XVI, Nr.4.

- Macias, Martha C.
1992    "Ball game among the Zapotecs and the Mixtecs in 
ancient Oaxaca".  El JUEGO DE   PELOTA EN EL MEXICO 
PRECOLOMBIO y su pervivencia en la actualidad. Folch, Fundacio 
ed. Museu Etnologic, Barcelona.

- Miller, Mary Ellen, and Karl Taube
1993    Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya:  An 
Illustrated Dictionary of Mesoamerican Religion .  Thames and 
Hudson, London.

- Oyarzabal, Clara Luz
1992    "Ball game in Teotihuacan and other sites of the 
Classic Era on the Cenral Mexican plateau".  El JUEGO DE 
PELOTA EN EL MEXICO PRECOLOMBIO y su pervivencia en la      
actualidad. Folch, Fundacio ed. Museu Etnologic, Barcelona.

- Puche, Mari C. S. and Karina R. D. Velasco 
1992    "Ball game in Mesoamerica".  El JUEGO DE PELOTA EN EL 
MEXICO PRECOLOMBIO y su pervivencia en la actualidad. Folch , 
Fundacio ed. Museu Etnologic, Barcelona.

- Quirarte, Jacinto
1973    "The Relationship of Izapan-Style Art to Olmec and 
Maya Art:  A Review".  Series in Pre-columbian Art and 
Archaeology no 10. Dumbarton Oaks, Washinton D.C.

- Stern, Theodore
1950    The Rubber-Ball Games of the Americas.  Monographs of 
the American Ethnological Society no 17.  J.J. Augustin 
Publisher, New York. 100-101,

- Sociedad de Amigos del Museo
1986    EL JUEGO DE PELOTA Una Tradicion prehispanica viva.  
Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico.

Thanks go out to those who gave me guidance, Laura Kozach, 
Cliff Brown, and Khris Villela.

Compiled by
NATASHA L JOHNSON
ZNZW93A@PRODIGY.COM