Mesoamerican ballgame traditions and courts (c. 1400 BCE–1500 CE)

1. Rubber balls deposited at El Manatí

   Jan 1, 1600 BCELabels: El Manat, Olmec shrine

   • Met Essay
   • ScienceAdvances

2. Earliest known ballcourt built at Paso de la Amada

   Jan 1, 1400 BCELabels: Paso de, Early ballcourt

   • Met Essay

3. Highland ballcourt identified at Etlatongo

   Jan 1, 1374 BCELabels: Etlatongo, Highland court

   • Etlatongo
   • Ballcourt Wiki

4. Cantona develops record concentration of ballcourts

   Jan 1, 50Labels: Cantona, Urban ballcourts

   • UNESCO Cantona

5. Ballgame imagery and courts expand in Classic period

   Jan 1, 250Labels: Classic period, Maya area

   • Met Essay

6. El Tajín’s South Ballcourt relief program flourishes

   Jan 1, 700Labels: El Taj, South Ballcourt

   • WHE El Taj
   • Ballcourt Wiki

7. Copán’s Ballcourt A-III completed and dedicated

   Jan 6, 738Labels: Cop n, Ballcourt A-III

   • Cop n
   • Uaxaclajuun

8. Chichén Itzá’s Great Ball Court built and monumentalized

   Jan 1, 1000Labels: Chich n, Great Ball

   • Chich n Itz
   • Met Essay

9. Iximché founded with two ballcourts in its core

   Jan 1, 1470Labels: Iximch, Kaqchikel capital

   • Iximch

10. Popol Vuh ballgame myth preserved in later tradition

    Jan 1, 1500Labels: Popol Vuh, Hero Twins

    • Popol Vuh
    • MesoWeb Twins

11. Spanish conquest begins; ballgame traditions face suppression

    Jan 1, 1519Labels: Spanish conquest, Colonial suppression

    • Met Essay
    • Ulama

12. Iximché abandoned amid early colonial upheavals

    Jan 1, 1524Labels: Iximch, Site abandonment

    • Iximch