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ID: 7032764
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Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Chalcatzingo (deserted settlement)  Chalcatzingo (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 18 41 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 18.6833  decimal degrees
Long: 098 46 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -98.7667  decimal degrees

Note: Cult center located among three denuded volcanic peaks rising from an agricultural plain. On a talus slope at the foot of the middle peak are huge boulders on which have been carved Olmec reliefs in La Venta style. Occupation dated from the Early Formative Period to the Postclassic Period, peaking ca. 700-ca. 500 BCE.

Names:
Chalcatzingo (preferred,C,V)
Chalcacingo (NA,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of México (nation)  ........  México (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Morelos (state)  ............  Morelos (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Chalcatzingo (deserted settlement)  ................  Chalcatzingo (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)
religious center (H)
Olmec (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Chalcacingo..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Chalcatzingo..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
.......................  Kelly and Kelly, Archaeological Guide to Central and Southern Mexico (2001) 185-189
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Kelly and Kelly, Archaeological Guide to Central and Southern Mexico (2001) 185-189
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1656562
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)

 

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