Chichen Itza: Archaeologists discover scoreboard for ancient Maya ball game

[Wicked Blue]

BBC News
By Vanessa Buschschlüter

Archaeologists in Mexico have uncovered an intricately carved stone they believe was used as a scoreboard for pelota, a ball game played by the Maya hundreds of years ago.

The circular stone was found at the Chichen Itza archaeological site and is thought to be at least 1,200 years old.

At its centre are two players in elaborate headgear surrounded by hieroglyphic writing.

Experts are now analysing the writing to decipher its possible meaning.

The 40kg-stone (88lb) was found by archaeologist Lizbeth Beatriz Mendicut Pérez in an architectonic compound known as Casa Colorada (Red House).

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65250018

[niyad]

1. KNR and fascinating.

[Bayard]

2. So, 20 years or so to get a score from the game?

[Sneederbunk]

3. Obviously no pitch clock.

[Warpy]

4. Or just a way to let everybody know what inning it was

A scorecard wouldn't be set into a stone circle. Mayan time often was.

Pitch clock works, too.