Fig. 1 Location of Etlatongo in Mesoamerica and the setting of its ballcourt. (A) Map of central to southern Mesoamerica, showing location of Etlatongo in the Mixteca Alta and other sites referenced in text; dashed lines indicate cultural/geographic regions. (B) Aerial view of the ballcourt on Mound 1-1 (colored blue) in relation to domestic space in Operations G and I (purple) to the north. Base image: Google Earth.
Fig. 4 Plan views of Etlatongo ballcourts. The plan views show the expansion from the earliest ballcourt, Str. 1-2, to the second, Str. 1-3. Str. 1-4 is located atop Str. 1-3’s eastern mound. White squares represent excavation units; numbers 1 to 11 show locations of radiocarbon samples (see table S1).
Fig. 5 Close up of ballcourts’ architectural differences. (A) While Str. 1-2 has a banquette, Str. 1-3 has a major step or terrace instead that covers the earlier banquette, with a second step visible further to the west, all of which was covered by the termination event. The alley shown is from Str. 1-2 (looking west). (B) Detail of Str. 1-2’s architecture, showing alley, banquette, and eastern mound (looking east). Photo credit: J. Blomster, George Washington University.
Supplementary Materials
Supplementary material for this article is available at http://advances.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/6/11/eaay6964/DC1
Table S1. Radiocarbon dates associated with Etlatongo’s ballcourts, calibrated with OxCal 4.2/IntCal13.
Fig. S1. Probability distribution plot model of the calibrated dates of Etlatongo’s ballcourts sorted by construction and termination episodes.
Additional Files
Supplementary Materials
This PDF file includes:
- Table S1. Radiocarbon dates associated with Etlatongo’s ballcourts, calibrated with OxCal 4.2/IntCal13.
- Fig. S1. Probability distribution plot model of the calibrated dates of Etlatongo’s ballcourts sorted by construction and termination episodes.
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