Which board game has origins among the Maya people of the Guatemalan highlands, Abalone or Bul?
Abalone (board game) Abalone is an award-winning two-player abstract strategy board game designed by Michel Lalet and Laurent Lévi in 1987. Players are represented by opposing black and white marbles on a hexagonal board with the objective of pushing six of the opponent's marbles off the edge of the board.
K'atepan K'atepan (pronounced ] ), also known as Yolchonab' (pronounced ] ), is an archaeological site of the ancient Maya civilization located 1 km to the east of the modern town of San Mateo Ixtatán, in the Huehuetenango Department of Guatemala. The name "K'atepan" translates as "old church", while the alternate name of "Yolchonab' " means "in the village". The site consists of a small temple plaza in front of two large terraces set against a mountainside, accessed by broad stairways. The site was first described by Guatemalan historian Adrián Recinos in 1913. Recinos considered K'atepan to be the most important ceremonial site in the northern Sierra de los Cuchumatanes mountains. A preliminary map of K'atepan was produced in 2007.