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Indeed, on seeing the pictures in the article I got the feeling that these might as well be structures used for playing a kind of sport, requiring a standardize

• kijin 5y ago
  The distinction between sport and ritual human sacrifice isn't quite clear when it comes to this part of the world. But who are we kidding, the Romans also built massive structures where they could watch people kill one another and/or get eaten by lions. The shape of those structures can definitely still be seen in the design of modern football stadiums.
• stardenburden 5y ago
  They do! I visited "El Mirador" in the forest of Guatemala. And at one of the smaller cities on our way there, our guide pointed out that one of the small squares in, what was our entrance to, the town was probably used for playing a game similar to basketball but with a hard rock. There were also elevated places around it where people (albeit smaller in size) could have comfortably sit down and watched. Edit: autocorrect is messing me up