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ID: 6006561
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6006561
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Xochicalco (deserted settlement)  Xochicalco (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 18 48 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 18.8000  decimal degrees
Long: 099 14 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -99.2333  decimal degrees

Note: Located near Cuernavaca atop a large hill and parts of surrounding hills. Xochicalco was an ancient Toltec city and an important trading center, as well as a prominent religious center. The city was a defensive stronghold prior to Spanish conquest, ca. 1520.

Names:
Xochicalco (preferred,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 México (nation)  ........  México (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Morelos (state)  ............  Morelos (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Xochicalco (deserted settlement)  ................  Xochicalco (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  built during 8th and 9th centuries CE
archaeological site (C)
World Heritage Site (C)
inhabited place (H)
trade center (H)
religious center (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Xochicalco..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 10/09/99
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.......................  Times Atlas of World History (1989)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 10/09/99
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1989)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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