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Playing with Power: Ballcourts and Political Ritual in Southern Mesoamerica [and Comments and Reply]

1996; University of Chicago Press; Volume: 37; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/204507

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John G. Fox, Wendy Ashmore, John H. Blitz, Susan D. Gillespie, Stephen Houston, Joyce Marcus, Jerry D. Moore, Patricia Urbán, Edward Schortman, David Webster,

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Previous articleNext article No AccessPlaying with Power: Ballcourts and Political Ritual in Southern Mesoamerica [and Comments and Reply]John Gerard Fox, Wendy Ashmore, John H. Blitz, Susan D. Gillespie, Stephen D. Houston, Ted J. J. Leyenaar, Joyce Marcus, Jerry D. Moore, Patricia A. Urban, Edward M. Schortman, and David WebsterJohn Gerard Fox, Wendy Ashmore, John H. Blitz, Susan D. Gillespie, Stephen D. Houston, Ted J. J. Leyenaar, Joyce Marcus, Jerry D. Moore, Patricia A. Urban, Edward M. Schortman, and David WebsterPDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmailPrint SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Current Anthropology Volume 37, Number 3Jun., 1996 Sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/204507 Views: 88Total views on this site Citations: 69Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1996 The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological ResearchPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Aurelio López Corral Hidden Cycles of Time in the Layout of Mesoamerican Ballcourts, Journal of Field Archaeology 48, no.44 (Jan 2023): 264–282.https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2022.2163351Marijke M. 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