essay
Ball courts
Excavations at Snaketown, Harold S. Gladwin, Emil W. Haury, E. B. Sayles, Nora Gladwin • (25) • Published In 1965 • Pages: 36-49
By: Haury, Emil W. (Emil Walter).
Abstract
Haury describes in this document the excavation of two ball courts, called 'Court 1' and :'Court 2', at the Snaktown archaeological site in southern Arizona. The author describes the construction of these courts, compares the two, and attempts to provide a chronological profile of their dates of construction based primarily on the evaluation of the sherds found in the earth fill of the courts. Comparisons are made throughout the text to the ball courts of Middle America. A brief summary is also given on how the ball game was played.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 2009
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1500-1100 BP (AD 500-900)
- Coverage Place
- Snaketown, Arizona, United States
- Notes
- By Emil W. Haury
- For bibliographical references see document 53:Gladwin
- LCCN
- 65023304
- LCSH
- Hohokam culture
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Arizona--Snaketown
- Snaketown Site (Ariz.)