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ID: 7032380
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7032380
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of El Peru (deserted settlement)  El Peru (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 17 16 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 17.2660  decimal degrees
Long: 090 22 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -90.3720  decimal degrees

Note: City into which legendary military leader and founder of Maya empire, Fire Is Born, entered in 378 CE; located on a promontory overlooking a tributary of the San Pedro river with a protected harbor, excellent for berthing large canoes and serving as a staging area for military action. Contains hieroglyphic inscriptions.

Names:
El Peru (preferred,C,V)
El Perú (C,V)
Waka (H,V,S)
Waka' (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 El Peru (deserted settlement)  ................  El Peru (deserted settlement) (P)

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

Sources and Contributors:
El Perú..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 12 February 2009
El Peru..........  [NRW Preferred, VP]
.................  Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 24 August 2016
.................  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) accessed 10 May 2016
Waka..........  [VP]
...........  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-) accessed 12 February 2009
...........  Gugliotta, Maya Rise and Fall, National Geographic (2007)
Waka'..........  [VP]
..............  Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 24 August 2016
Subject: .....  [NRW, VP]
..................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-) accessed 12 February 2009
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 12 February 2009
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Gugliotta, Maya Rise and Fall, National Geographic (2007)
..........  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) "El Peru", accessed 10 May 2016

 

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