Book

Ball courts and ceremonial plazas in the West Indies

Dept. Anthropology, Yale University • (79) • Published In 1983 • Pages: ix, 185

By: Alegria, Ricardo E..

Abstract

This is a study of the BATEYS or prehistoric ball courts and associated ceremonial plazas dispersed throughout the West Indies and into South America, Mesoamerica, and the Southwestern United States. These courts were used in conjunction with the game played with a rubber ball by the Taino Indians of the Greater Antilles which had a wide distribution in the area of study. The major focus of the work is on Puerto Rico, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Cuba. The author names and locates each of the ball court sites, describes briefly the outstanding features of each, and where possible, examines the previous archaeological work previously completed at each of these locations.

HRAF PubDate

2000

Region

Middle America and the Caribbean

Sub Region

Caribbean

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle; 1998

Field Date

1949-1950s

Coverage Date

1000 BP-500 BP

Coverage Place

West Indies

Notes

Ricardo E. Alegria

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-165)

LCCN

88214363

LCSH

Caribbean Area--Antiquities