ID: 700000072	Record Type: Built Work

Structure 33 (ruin; unknown Mayan, for King Yaxun Balam (Mayan ruler, flourished...; completed by 770 CE (Late Clas...)

Note: The function of Structure 33 is uncertain; it has relatively little interior space, but is placed at the top of the hill, as an apparent symbol of the status of the king.

Titles:

Structure 33 (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Structure Thirty-three (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Temple 33 (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Building 33 (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

ruin [300008057] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (Hierarchy Name), Single Built Works (Hierarchy Name), <single built works (Built Environment)>, <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by condition>)

temple (building) [300007595]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (Hierarchy Name), Single Built Works (Hierarchy Name), <single built works (Built Environment)>, <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, <religious structures>, religious buildings)

palace [300005734]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (Hierarchy Name), Single Built Works (Hierarchy Name), <single built works (Built Environment)>, <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings, houses, <houses by occupants>, official residences)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Pre-Columbian art

Mesoamerican art

Creation Date: completed by 770 CE (Late Classic Lowland Maya)

Creator Display:

unknown Mayan, for King Yaxun Balam (Mayan ruler, flourished 752-770) [preferred,VP]

architects unknown Mayan (Mayan cultural designation) [500125283]

patron Yaxun Balam, King (Mayan ruler, active 752-770) [500312917]

Locations:

Yaxchilán [7007224] Chiapas (state), Mexico (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: stone

	stone (rock) [300011176]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (Hierarchy Name), materials (matter), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock, <rock by form>)

Dimensions: unavailable

Cultures:

Mayan (Maya) (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Lowland Maya area periods [300017099] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods, <styles and periods by region>, <The Americas>, Pre-Columbian (American), <Pre-Columbian Middle American styles and periods>, Mesoamerican, <Mesoamerican regional styles and periods>, <Maya area styles and periods>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred )

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	temples (buildings) [300007595]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (Hierarchy Name), Single Built Works (Hierarchy Name), <single built works (Built Environment)>, <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, <religious structures>, religious buildings) (AAT)

	palaces [300005734]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (Hierarchy Name), Single Built Works (Hierarchy Name), <single built works (Built Environment)>, <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings, houses, <houses by occupants>, official residences) (AAT)

	royal residences [300343603]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (Hierarchy Name), Single Built Works (Hierarchy Name), <single built works (Built Environment)>, <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings, houses, <houses by occupants>, official residences) (AAT)

	prestige [300343604]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts, <social science concepts>, <sociological concepts>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Hieroglyphic inscriptions surround carvings on the roof comb, stairs, and elsewhere.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Top of the CONA hierarchy

.......... Built Work

Sources and Contributors:
Structure 33	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-) accessed 18 October 2010
	........ Miller, Maya Art and Architecture (1999)
Structure Thirty-three	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-) accessed 18 October 2010
Temple 33	........ [VP]
	........ Miller, Maya Art and Architecture (1999)
Building 33	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-) accessed 18 October 2010

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Miller, Maya Art and Architecture (1999) 46