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Joya de Cerén (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 13 49 37 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 13.8275 decimal degrees |
| Long: 089 22 08 W degrees minutes |
Long: -89.3692 decimal degrees |
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Note: Pre-Columbian Maya farming village preserved remarkably intact under ash of volcano that covered it ca. 600 CE. |
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| Joya de Cerén (preferred,C,V,S)
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| Cerén (C,V)
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| Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site (C,V,display)
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| Sitio Arqueológico Joya de Cerén (C,V)
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| ruins (C) |
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| World Heritage Site (C) |
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from 1993 |
| inhabited place (H) |
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| Maya (Mayan) (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Joya de Cerén .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, El Salvador, La Libertad) [7593904] |
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