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ID: 7030306 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7030306			Record Type: administrative

Cancuén (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 16 00 50 N degrees minutes			Lat: 16.0147 decimal degrees
Long: 090 02 16 W degrees minutes			Long: -90.0384 decimal degrees

Note: An important ancient Maya commercial center and port city on the Pasiōn River, in a remote area of the Petén rainforest region of Guatemala. Excavations here have uncovered the largest palace of the ancient Maya world found to date, including a royal ball court. The palace was constructed primarily in 770 CE, during the reign of Taj Chan Ahk; it included around 200 rooms and sprawled over nearly a quarter-million square feet. Has hieroglyphic inscriptions.

Names:

Cancuén (preferred,C,V)	............	means "Place of Serpents"
Cancuen (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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North and Central America (continent) (P)

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Guatemala (nation) (P)

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Petén (department) (P)

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Cancuén (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:

deserted settlement (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)
Maya (Mayan) (H)
river port (H)
commercial center (H)
religious center (H)

Sources and Contributors:

Cancuén..........	[VP Preferred]
.................	Markey, Maya Masterpiece (2004) accessed 5 May 2004
.................	Salisbury, Maya Royal Palace, Vanderbilt University (2004) accessed 5 May 2004

Cancuen..........	[NRW Preferred, VP]
.................	Mayan Ruins, Associated Press, CNN (2004) accessed 5 May 2004
.................	Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) accessed 3 May 2016

Subject: .....	[NRW, VP]
..................	Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 10 August 2016
..................	Markey, Maya Masterpiece (2004) accessed 5 May 2004
..................	Mayan Ruins, Associated Press, CNN (2004) accessed 5 May 2004
..................	Salisbury, Maya Royal Palace, Vanderbilt University (2004) accessed 5 May 2004


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Markey, Maya Masterpiece (2004)
	..........	Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) "Cancuen", accessed 3 May 2016
	..........	Salisbury, Maya Royal Palace, Vanderbilt University (2004)

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