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ID: 1102066
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1102066

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Aztec Ruins National Monument (deserted settlement)  Aztec Ruins National Monument (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 36 50 13 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 36.8360  decimal degrees
Long: 108 00 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -108.0000  decimal degrees

Elevation:
5959.000  feet    1816.3030  meters

Note: Site of a center for the prehistoric Anasazi people, ancestors of Pueblo Indians who now occupy the area; ruins of the pueblo here date to 12th cen. CE; contrary to the name, the site was not associated with the Aztec culture.

Names:
Aztec Ruins National Monument (preferred,C,V,LC,English-P,U,N)  ............ incorporates the common local name for the site, though in reality the site was not associated with the Aztec culture
Aztec Ruins (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of New Mexico (state)  ............  New Mexico (state) (P)
Hierarchy of San Juan (county)  ................  San Juan (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Aztec Ruins National Monument (deserted settlement)  ....................  Aztec Ruins National Monument (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  was a 12th-cen. pueblo town
national monument (C)  ............  established in 1923
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Aztec Ruins..........  [VP]
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1261
Aztec Ruins National Monument..........  [VP Preferred]
..................................................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 655
..................................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
..................................................  Library of Congress Subject Headings (2002-) sh 86007209
..................................................  USGS, Geographic Names System [online] (1998-) 885961
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 655
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1261
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
..........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)

 

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