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ID: 7032573 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7032573			Record Type: administrative

Nakbe (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 17 40 58 N degrees minutes			Lat: 17.6820 decimal degrees
Long: 089 49 59 W degrees minutes			Long: -89.8330 decimal degrees

Note: Middle Preclassic occupation of this site dates between ca. 1000 and 400 BCE. Located near El Mirador, Nakbe was surveyed in 1962. Nakbe's connected causeways between smaller outlying groups and to El Mirador indicate the Mayan rulers' ability to control territory within their realms. Nakbe also contains some of the earliest masonry architecture in the Maya lowlands. Contains hieroglyphic inscriptions.

Names:

Nakbe (preferred,C,V)

Zacatal (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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North and Central America (continent) (P)

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Guatemala (nation) (P)

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Petén (department) (P)

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Nakbe (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:

deserted settlement (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
ancient site (C)
inhabited place (H)
Maya (Mayan) (H)

Sources and Contributors:

Nakbe..........	[NRW Preferred, VP Preferred]
..............	Evans, Ancient Mexico and Central America (2004)
..............	Hansen et al, Maya Codex-Style Ceramics from Nakbe, Ancient Mesoamerica (1991)
..............	Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 24 August 2016
..............	Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) accessed 6 May 2016
..............	Sharer and Traxler, Ancient Maya (2006) 210-214

Zacatal..........	[VP]
.................	Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 24 August 2016

Subject: .....	[NRW, VP]
..................	Evans, Ancient Mexico and Central America (2004)
..................	Hansen et al, Maya Codex-Style Ceramics from Nakbe, Ancient Mesoamerica (1991)
..................	Sharer and Traxler, Ancient Maya (2006) 210-214


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) "Nakbe", accessed 6 May 2016
	..........	Sharer and Traxler, Ancient Maya (2006) 210

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