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ID: 6001243
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6001243

 

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

Coordinates:
Lat: 18 21 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 18.3500  decimal degrees
Long: 088 21 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -88.3500  decimal degrees

Note: A historical trading center and ceremonial center, Cerros dates back to around 350 BCE-250 CE. At the site there are three large acropolises with temples and tombs.

Names:
Cerros (preferred,C,V)
Cerro Maya (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 Corozal (national district)  ............  Corozal (national district) (P)
Hierarchy of Cerros (deserted settlement)  ................  Cerros (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
historic site (C)
inhabited place (H)
ceremonial site (H)
trade center (H)
Maya (Mayan) (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Cerro Maya..........  [VP]
.......................  National Institute of Culture and History, Belize (2011-) accessed 9 May 2011
Cerros..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 340
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Emuseum, Minnesota State University (2007-) accessed 25 February 2009
..................  Freidel and Robertson, Archaeology at Cerros, Belize (1986-)
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 340
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Emuseum, Minnesota State University (2007-) accessed 25 February 2009

 

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