Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Rubber and Rubber Balls in Mesoamerica 2. Gender, Power and Fertility in the Olmec Ritual Ballgame 3. Unity in Duality: The Practice and Symbols of the Mesoamerican Ballgame 4. Dressed to Kill: Stone Regalia of the Mesoamerican Ballgame 5. Performing on the Court 6. The Maya Ballgame: Rebirth in the Court of Life and Death 7. The Ball Court in Tenochtitlan 8. The Architectural Background of the Pre-Hispanic Ballgame: An Evolutionary Perspective 9. An Ancient Tradition Continued: Modern Rubber Processing in Mexico 10. The Modern Ballgames of Sinaloa: A Survival of the Aztec Ullmaliztli 11. Everything Old is New Again: The Enduring Legacy of the Ancient Games Catalogue of the Exhibition

About the Author

E. Michael Whittington is Curator of Pre-Columbian and African Art at the Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina.