![]() ![]() Volumes 1 to 68 were self published, Volumes 69 to present were published with AltaMira Press. The journal operates with a 5-member board, including Michael Adler, Shereen Lerner, Barbara Mills, Steven Sims, and Marisa Elisa Villalpando. Lekson (University of Colorado) is the editor, Brenda Todd (University of Colorado) the assistant editor, and Anna Neuzil (EcoPlan Associates) the book reviews editor. Download Citation THE HOHOKAM BALL COURT: AN ALTERNATE VIEW OF ITS FUNCTION A comparative study of Hohokam and Mesoamerican ball courts indicates a lack of shared fundamental features. Subject matter in this quarterly publication include prehistoric and historic archaeology, ethnology, history, anthropology, linguistics, and ethnohistory. This region is the most popular region for professional and avocational archaeological work in the nation. Today, Kiva is an internationally recognized professional journal and the key publication for southwest archaeologists. Abstract A comparative study of Hohokam and Mesoamerican ball courts indicates a lack of shared fundamental features. Volumes 1 to 68 were self published, Volumes 69 to present were published with AltaMira Press.Kiva, The Journal of Southwest Anthropology and History was founded by the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society in the 1930s as an outlet for publishing the bourgeoning archaeological work on the southwest United States and northwest Mexico. Like the courts in Mexico, they had a central pit, often covered with a stone. The low part also had a small, round, shallow pit filled with ashy sediments that were different from the fill of the ballcourt. The Hohokam courts had large posts at each end, possibly serving as goal posts. ![]() This was the best angle to show the orientation of the berms and low center of the ballcourt. The journal operates with a 5-member board, including Michael Adler, Shereen Lerner, Barbara Mills, Steven Sims, and Marisa Elisa Villalpando. A view of the fully excavated court down the center of the original backhoe trench. Lekson (University of Colorado) is the editor, Brenda Todd (University of Colorado) the assistant editor, and Anna Neuzil (EcoPlan Associates) the book reviews editor. Though archaeologists continue to debate their purpose, and ethnographic accounts. 7 and are associated with the Hohokam culture. Subject matter in this quarterly publication include prehistoric and historic archaeology, ethnology, history, anthropology, linguistics, and ethnohistory. Archaeologists have found more than 200 oval-shaped earthen depressions with embankments in central and southern Arizona that resemble the Mesoamerican ballcourts. A metate (pronounced meh-tah-tay) is the lower unit of a two-part grinding stone. In addition, a version of the game was played by the Hohokam in Arizona and there is. On Shea Boulevard, from the Fountain Hills-Scottsdale border to the area south of Mayo Clinic, a metate quarry was identified. The Mesoamerican ball game was played throughout MesoameriaMexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras. This region is the most popular region for professional and avocational archaeological work in the nation. A Hohokam ball court was also discovered nearby. ![]() Today, Kiva is an internationally recognized professional journal and the key publication for southwest archaeologists. Kiva, The Journal of Southwest Anthropology and History was founded by the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society in the 1930s as an outlet for publishing the bourgeoning archaeological work on the southwest United States and northwest Mexico. ![]()
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