True Facts About the Dinwiddie Site: Findings from the 2014 UGPA Field School Excavations

a) Centerline of the a ballcourt b) The utility line trench where the ballcourt b was originally identified c) Centerline Marker Above: An artist’s visualization of a Hohokam marketplace with spectators watching a ballgame in the background (Graphic: Robert B. [...] Figurines like this are not found outside of What Did we Learn? the Hohokam Ballcourt World Given that the tops of the berms had been cut c Even though we were limited to a 10-foot-wide excavation area that cut off and the project area was so narrow, we the ballcourt at an oblique angle, we were able to learn quite a bit about it: Left: Our excavations revealed a centerline weren’t sure how much w. [...] The western berm had been hit harder Right: A West Mexican figurine tableau •People probably made the berms of the ballcourt from the same material with heavy equipment than the eastern one. [...] A that had been excavated from the center of the court during its The floor was unplastered and the berms were similar game was probably played in Hohokam ballcourts. [...] into, so it was difficult to determine where the •People probably used the ballcourt during the early to middle Sedentary surface of the ballcourt ended and the disturbed period (A.