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ID: 7018787
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7018787

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Lubaantun (deserted settlement)  Lubaantun (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 16 16 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 16.2667  decimal degrees
Long: 088 57 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -88.9500  decimal degrees

Note: Site dating to Classic Maya period; it flourished from the 730s to the 890s CE, when it was apparently abandoned. The distinctive architecture is unline typical Classical examples in this area; the structures here are constructed of large stone blocks laid with no mortar, using black slate rather than the limestone typical of other structures in the region. The ruins were discovered in 1924. Contains hieroglyphic inscriptions.

Names:
Lubaantun (preferred,C,V)
Lubaantán (C,V)
Lubaantún (C,V)
Lubaantum (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 Belize (nation)  ........  Belize (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Toledo (national district)  ............  Toledo (national district) (P)
Hierarchy of Lubaantun (deserted settlement)  ................  Lubaantun (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  occupied 730s-890s
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)
Maya (Mayan) (H)  ............  dates to Maya period, although ruins are unusual for the Maya culture here

Sources and Contributors:
Lubaantán..........  [VP]
....................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
Lubaantum..........  [VP]
....................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Lubaantún..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 25 March 2009
....................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 348
Lubaantun..........  [NRW Preferred, VP]
....................  Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 22 August 2016
....................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
....................  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) accessed 6 May 2016
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 693
Subject: .....  [NRW, VP]
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 348
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 693
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Belize Tourist Board (2003-)
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
..........  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) "Lubaantun", accessed 6 May 2016

 

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