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ID: 7441540
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7441540
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Cerro Palenque (deserted settlement)  Cerro Palenque (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 15 20 27 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 15.3400  decimal degrees
Long: 087 55 17 W  degrees minutes   Long: -87.9210  decimal degrees

Note: Was a major Pre-Columbian center in the lower Ulua valley. It was founded in the Late Classic (500-800 CE) but reached its peak in the Terminal Classic (850-1100 CE). It is uncertain with which culture the people here identified; candidates include the Maya, Tol (Jicaque), and Lenca.

Names:
Cerro Palenque (preferred,C,V,S)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Honduras (nation)  ........  Honduras (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Cortés (department)  ............  Cortés (department) (P)
Hierarchy of Cerro Palenque (deserted settlement)  ................  Cerro Palenque (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)
Pre-Columbian (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Cerro Palenque..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  Joyce, Cerro Palenque (1991)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Joyce, Cerro Palenque (1991)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Joyce, Cerro Palenque (1991)

 

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