During an archaeological survey in the municipality of San Pedro Mártir Quiechapa, Oaxaca, Mexico, archaeologists from the Proyecto Arqueológico de Quiechapa (PAQuie) encountered and documented a number of carved stone elements. Of particular interest are the 30 representations of ballcourts carved into natural rock outcrops at two sites in the region. This is the highest density in which this type of ballcourt representation occurs throughout Mesoamerica. After their initial discovery, members of PAQuie documented the carved stone ballcourts using structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetry, a quick and affordable technique to collect 3D spatial, quantitative, and visual data of stone carvings.

In this article, I report on the carved stone ballcourt representations documented in the Quiechapa region and offer some preliminary interpretations. I first provide some description of the broader archaeological context in which the carvings were found. Then I describe the methods used to record the stone carvings, followed by a presentation of the data. Finally, in dialogue with extant literature, I explore some possibilities as to why these carved stone ballcourt representations were created, how they may have been used, and what they may symbolize.

在墨西哥瓦哈卡州圣佩德罗马蒂尔奎查帕市进行考古调查期间，奎查帕考古项目 (PAQuie) 的考古学家发现并记录了许多石雕元素。特别令人感兴趣的是该地区两处天然岩石露头上雕刻的 30 个球场模型。这是整个中美洲此类球场出现密度最高的一次。在最初发现之后，PAQuie 成员使用运动结构 (SfM) 摄影测量技术记录了石雕球场，这是一种快速且经济实惠的技术，用于收集石雕的 3D 空间、定量和视觉数据。

在本文中，我报告了基查帕地区记录的石雕球场表征，并提供了一些初步解释。我首先对发现雕刻的更广泛的考古背景进行一些描述。然后我描述了记录石刻的方法，然后介绍了数据。最后，在与现存文献的对话中，我探讨了一些可能性，例如为什么要创建这些石雕球场表征、它们可能如何使用以及它们可能象征什么。