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ID: 7007804
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007804

 

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

Coordinates:
Lat: 14 37 58 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 14.6320  decimal degrees
Long: 090 32 56 W  degrees minutes   Long: -90.5480  decimal degrees

Note: An important center of highland Maya; contains about 200 burial sites from 300 BCE-300 CE along with other elaborate tombs and other evidence of Teotihuacán influence from 300-600 CE. Contains hieroglyphic inscriptions.

Names:
Kaminaljuyu (preferred,C,V)
Kaminaljuyú (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 Guatemala (nation)  ........  Guatemala (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Guatemala (department)  ............  Guatemala (department) (P)
Hierarchy of Kaminaljuyu (deserted settlement)  ................  Kaminaljuyu (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  inhabited 1500 BCE-900 CE
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)
Maya (Mayan) (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Kaminaljuyú..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 9 May 2011
.......................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-83
Kaminaljuyu..........  [NRW Preferred, VP]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 457
.......................  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) accessed 6 May 2016
Subject: .....  [NRW, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 457
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-83
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Canby, Historic Places (1984)
..........  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) "Kaminaljuyu", accessed 6 May 2016

 

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