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ID: 7441537
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7441537

 

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

Coordinates:
Lat: 16 56 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 16.9330  decimal degrees
Long: 089 53 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -89.8980  decimal degrees

Note: Tayasal is an ancient Maya site in Guatemala with hieroglyphic inscriptions.

Names:
Tayasal (preferred,C,V)
Taizá (C,V)
Taitzá (C,V)
Noj Peten (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 Tayasal (deserted settlement)  ................  Tayasal (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
ancient site (C)
inhabited place (H)
city (H)  ............  flourished in the 13th century
capital (H)  ............  of an idependent Mayan polity until sacked by the Spanish in 1697
Maya (Mayan) (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Noj Peten..........  [VP]
....................  Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 25 August 2016
Taitzá..........  [VP]
.................  Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 25 August 2016
Taizá..........  [VP]
..............  Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 25 August 2016
Tayasal..........  [NRW Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................  Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 25 August 2016
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 24 May 2011
.................  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) accessed 10 May 2016
.................  Sharer and Morley, Ancient Maya (1994) 423
Subject: .....  [NRW, VP]
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 24 May 2011
..................  Sharer and Morley, Ancient Maya (1994) 423
 
Note:
English .......... [NRW]
..........  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) "Tayasal", accessed 10 May 2016

 

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