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ID: 1016688
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1016688
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Piedras Negras (deserted settlement)  Piedras Negras (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 17 11 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 17.1833  decimal degrees
Long: 091 15 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -91.2500  decimal degrees

Note: Piedras Negras is an ancient Maya site in Guatemala with hieroglyphic inscriptions.

Names:
Piedras Negras (preferred,C,V)  ............ modern name meaning "black stones"
Yo'k'ib (C,V)  ............ Classic Mayan name meaning "great gateway"

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 Piedras Negras (deserted settlement)  ................  Piedras Negras (deserted settlement) (P)

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

Sources and Contributors:
Piedras Negras..........  [NRW Preferred, VP Preferred]
.............................  Martin and Grube, Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens (2000) 119
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 23 May 2011
.............................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.............................  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) accessed 10 May 2016
.............................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 153
Yo'k'ib..........  [VP]
.................  Martin and Grube, Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens (2000) 139
Subject: .....  [NRW, VP]
..................  Martin and Grube, Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens (2000) 119
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 13 February 2007
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 23 May 2011
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 153
 
Note:
English .......... [NRW]
..........  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) "Piedras Negras", accessed 10 May 2016

 

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