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ID: 7030307
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7030307
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Cival (deserted settlement)  Cival (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 17 16 57 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 17.2820  decimal degrees
Long: 089 20 48 W  degrees minutes   Long: -89.3460  decimal degrees

Note: Maya city located about 25 miles east of Tikal, dating to 2500 years ago. Noted for evidence of earliest Maya metropolis, from the Preclassic Period, which was formerly believed to include only simple farming settlements. Contains hieroglyphic inscriptions.

Names:
Cival (preferred,C,V)
Sibal (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 Petén (department)  ............  Petén (department) (P)
Hierarchy of Cival (deserted settlement)  ................  Cival (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  settled ca. 500 BCE, abandoned ca. 100 CE
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)
metropolis (H)
religious center (H)
Maya (Mayan) (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Cival..........  [NRW Preferred, VP Preferred]
..............  Estrada-Belli et al, Preclassic Maya monuments, Antiquity (2003)
..............  Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 10 August 2016
..............  Maugh, Maya Culture, Los Angeles Times (2004)
..............  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) accessed 3 May 2016
Sibal..........  [VP]
..............  Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 10 August 2016
Subject: .....  [NRW, VP]
..................  Estrada-Belli et al, Preclassic Maya monuments, Antiquity (2003)
..................  Maugh, Maya Culture, Los Angeles Times (2004)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Maugh, Maya Culture, Los Angeles Times (2004)
..........  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) "Cival", accessed 3 May 2016

 

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