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ID: 7033110
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7033110

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Tierradentro (ancient site)  Tierradentro (ancient site)

Coordinates:
Lat: 02 47 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 2.7830  decimal degrees
Long: 076 47 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -76.7830  decimal degrees

Note: Several monumental statues of human figures and hypogea (tombs) dating from the 6th to the 10th century are found here. These huge underground tombs (some burial chambers are up to 12 m wide) are decorated with motifs that reproduce the internal decor of homes of the period, illustrating the social complexity and cultural wealth of a pre-Hispanic society in the northern Andes.

Names:
Tierradentro (preferred,C,V)
Tierra Adentro (C,V)
National Archeological Park of Tierradentro (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Colombia (nation)  ........  Colombia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Cauca (department)  ............  Cauca (department) (P)
Hierarchy of Tierradentro (ancient site)  ................  Tierradentro (ancient site) (P)

Place Types:
ancient site (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
park (C)
inhabited place (H)
burial site (H)

Sources and Contributors:
National Archeological Park of Tierradentro..........  [VP]
.......................................................................  UNESCO [online] (2002-)
Tierra Adentro..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
.............................  UNESCO [online] (2002-)
Tierradentro..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  UNESCO [online] (2002-)

 

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