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- noun Plural form of
ballcourt .
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Named the Reverend Edmund P. Joyce Collection of Ritual Ball Game Sculpture, after an administrator of athletics at Notre Dame for several decades, the collection is augmented by a computerized viewing system that enables visitors to take a "virtual walk" through ruins of ballcourts, to view exhibits from different angles and to watch movie clips of the game as it is played in Mexico today.
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Many archaeological sites in Mexico boast the ruins of one or more ballcourts where the game was played and hundreds of representations are known in Pre-Columbian art of ballgame players with their characteristic protective gear, some dating as far back as 1500 B.C.
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In addition to the many ballcourts in Mexico and the associated objects, which can be seen in museums like the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City, there is also a good collection of ballgame sculptures at the Snite Museum of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, U.S..
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Many archaeological sites in Mexico boast the ruins of one or more ballcourts where the game was played and hundreds of representations are known in Pre-Columbian art of ballgame players with their characteristic protective gear, some dating as far back as 1500 B.C.
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Named the Reverend Edmund P. Joyce Collection of Ritual Ball Game Sculpture, after an administrator of athletics at Notre Dame for several decades, the collection is augmented by a computerized viewing system that enables visitors to take a "virtual walk" through ruins of ballcourts, to view exhibits from different angles and to watch movie clips of the game as it is played in Mexico today.
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In addition to the many ballcourts in Mexico and the associated objects, which can be seen in museums like the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City, there is also a good collection of ballgame sculptures at the Snite Museum of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, U.S..
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From Mesoamerica, Paquimé had ballcourts, like the Aztecs and the Maya.
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The ballcourts were, however, relatively small compared to those found at Teotihuacán or Chichén-Itzá, or other major sites.
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From Mesoamerica, Paquimé had ballcourts, like the Aztecs and the Maya.
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The ballcourts were, however, relatively small compared to those found at Teotihuacán or Chichén-Itzá, or other major sites.
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