The Aztecs called it ullamaliztli, but the game is older than the Aztecs. Adopted by the Mayans and likely pioneered by the Olmec, today’s historians, in a stroke of un-inspiration, call it the Mesoamerican Ball Game. The game was a blood sport: a brutal contest where two teams kept a ten-pound rubber ball in play …
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Monday Links: Mesoamerican Ball Games, Kids Liking Veggies, and Meditations on Space Travel
I found this site while doing research on the ball games played by the Aztecs, Mayans and other Mesoamerican civilizations. It seems to be someone’s personal site, so I’m not sure I’d consider it the final authority on anything, but it gathers a fair amount of interesting material on the Aztecs in one place, as …