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ID: 7441527
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7441527
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Naachtun (deserted settlement)  Naachtun (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 17 47 37 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 17.7930  decimal degrees
Long: 089 43 50 W  degrees minutes   Long: -89.7280  decimal degrees

Note: Ancient site of Pre-Columbian Maya civilization, situated at the northeastern edge of the Mirador Basin region, in what is now modern-day northern Guatemala. The site is currently being researched by Calgary University, where it seems to have been a neutral meeting place for warring factions in Tikal and Calakmul. Contains hieroglyphic inscriptions.

Names:
Naachtun (preferred,C,V)
Masuul (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Guatemala (nation)  ........  Guatemala (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Petén (department)  ............  Petén (department) (P)
Hierarchy of Naachtun (deserted settlement)  ................  Naachtun (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)  ............  discovered in 1922 by American archaeologist and Mayanist scholar, Sylvanus Morley
inhabited place (H)
city (H)  ............  by the Mayan Pre-Classic Period
Maya (Mayan) (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Masuul..........  [VP]
.................  Naachtun Archaeological Project (2005-) accessed 23 May 2011
Naachtun..........  [NRW Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................  Naachtun Archaeological Project (2005-) accessed 23 May 2011
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 23 May 2011
.................  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) accessed 6 May 2016
Subject: .....  [NRW, VP]
..................  Naachtun Archaeological Project (2005-) accessed 23 May 2011
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 23 May 2011
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Naachtun Archaeological Project (2005-) accessed 23 May 2011
..........  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) "Naachtun", accessed 6 May 2016

 

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