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Ancient Mesoamerica demonstrates we’ve been ballgame lovers for more than 3000 years

Have you ever wondered about the origin of your favorite ballgame? It is perhaps much earlier than you guess. Mesoamerica – a center of ancient civilizations that flourished for over 3000 years before the Spanish invasion occurred – has evidence for ancient ballgames. In fact,... click to read more

Jeffrey P. Blomster | Associate Professor at George Washington University, Washington, USA

Victor E. Salazar Chávez | PhD student at George Washington University, Washington, USA

evolution

archaeology

Ballgame

Mesoamerica

Oaxaca

Reading time 4 min

published on May 18, 2021

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