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title: Goal, Ball Court of Chichen Itza
author: KÃ¥re Thor Olsen
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1427/goal-ball-court-of-chichen-itza/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Goal, Ball Court of Chichen Itza

_Authored by KÃ¥re Thor Olsen_

## Image File

[![Goal, Ball Court of Chichen Itza](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1427.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1427.jpg)

## Image Caption

One of the goals of the ball court at the [Maya](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Maya/)-[Toltec](https://www.worldhistory.org/Toltec_Civilization/) [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) of [Chichen Itza](https://www.worldhistory.org/Chichen_Itza/). The objective of the ball game, popular across Mesoamerica, was to strike a rubber ball through the hoop using any part of the body except the hands.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Olsen, K. T. (2013, September 15). Goal, Ball Court of Chichen Itza. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1427/goal-ball-court-of-chichen-itza/>
### Chicago
Olsen, KÃ¥re Thor. "Goal, Ball Court of Chichen Itza." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 15, 2013. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1427/goal-ball-court-of-chichen-itza/>.
### MLA
Olsen, KÃ¥re Thor. "Goal, Ball Court of Chichen Itza." *World History Encyclopedia*, 15 Sep 2013, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1427/goal-ball-court-of-chichen-itza/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chich%C3%A9n_Itz%C3%A1_Goal.jpg) by [**KÃ¥re Thor Olsen**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chich%C3%A9n_Itz%C3%A1_Goal.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 15 September 2013. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.