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ID: 7441529
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7441529

 

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

Coordinates:
Lat: 17 12 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 17.2000  decimal degrees
Long: 089 25 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -89.4230  decimal degrees

Note: Ancient Mayan site located 25 km to the east of the headwaters of the Homul River. It comprises two large architectural complexes. Contains hieroglyphic inscriptions.

Names:
Nakum (preferred,C,V)
Nakún (C,V)
Nacun (C,V)
Nakcun (C,V)
Nakúm (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 Nakum (deserted settlement)  ................  Nakum (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
ancient site (C)
archaeological site (C)  ............  discovered by Maurice de Perigny 1905-1906
inhabited place (H)
trade center (H)
ceremonial site (H)
Maya (Mayan) (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Nacun..........  [VP]
..............  Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 24 August 2016
Nakcun..........  [VP]
.................  Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 24 August 2016
Nakum..........  [NRW Preferred, VP]
..............  Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 24 August 2016
..............  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 23 May 2011
..............  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) accessed 6 May 2016
..............  Sharer and Morley, Ancient Maya (1994) 194
Nakúm..........  [VP]
..............  Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 24 August 2016
Nakún..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 23 May 2011
Subject: .....  [NRW, VP]
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 23 May 2011
..................  Sharer and Morley, Ancient Maya (1994) 194-195
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) "Nakum", accessed 6 May 2016
..........  Sharer and Morley, Ancient Maya (1994) 194-195

 

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