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ID: 1099685
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1099685

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Altar de Sacrificios (deserted settlement)  Altar de Sacrificios (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 16 28 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 16.4667  decimal degrees
Long: 090 32 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -90.5333  decimal degrees

Note: Located on the bank of the Pasión River. It ws a Mayan sacred site, consisting of residential, religious, and palatial mounds. Altar de Sacrificios is an ancient Maya site in Guatemala with hieroglyphic inscriptions.

Names:
Altar de Sacrificios (preferred,C,V)
Altar de Los Sacrificios (C,V)
Altar de Sacrificies (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 Altar de Sacrificios (deserted settlement)  ................  Altar de Sacrificios (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
ancient site (C)
ruins (C)
sacred site (H)
inhabited place (H)  ............  ca. 9th century BCE to 9th century CE
Maya (Mayan) (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Altar de Los Sacrificios..........  [VP Preferred]
.........................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.........................................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-6
Altar de Sacrificies..........  [VP]
...................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 3 August 2010
Altar de Sacrificios..........  [NRW Preferred, VP]
...................................  Evans and Webster, Archaeology of Ancient Mexico (2001) 17
...................................  Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 10 August 2016
...................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 3 August 2010
...................................  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) accessed 3 May 2016
Subject: .....  [NRW, VP]
..................  Evans and Webster, Archaeology of Ancient Mexico (2001) 17
..................  Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 10 August 2016
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-6
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Evans and Webster, Archaeology of Ancient Mexico (2001) 17-18
..........  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) "Altar de Sacrificios", accessed 3 May 2016

 

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