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A Miniature CeremonialBallgame Yoke fromMexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Stephan F. de Borhegyi
Stephan F. de Borhegyi*
Affiliation:
Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Abstract

A unique, miniature horseshoe-shaped stone yoke from Papantla, near Tajin in Mexico, is described and illustrated. The undoubtedly ceremonial character of this and other miniature yokes seems to strengthen the hypothesis that the larger-sized stone yokes were used primarily as p r o t e c t i v e gear by pre-Columbian ball players.

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American Antiquity , Volume 31 , Issue 5Part1 , July 1966 , pp. 742 - 744
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1966

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