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ID: 7007805
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007805
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Quirigua (deserted settlement)  Quirigua (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 15 17 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 15.2833  decimal degrees
Long: 089 04 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -89.0667  decimal degrees

Note: Site of ruined city dating from Late-Classic Mayan period, noted for carved monoliths and stone steles. Quirigua is an ancient Maya site in Guatemala with hieroglyphic inscriptions.

Names:
Quirigua (preferred,C,V)
Quiriguá (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 Izabal (department)  ............  Izabal (department) (P)
Hierarchy of Quirigua (deserted settlement)  ................  Quirigua (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  flourished 700-900 CE
archaeological site (C)
World Heritage Site (C)  ............  from 1981
inhabited place (H)
Maya (Mayan) (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Quiriguá..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  AATA database (1995-)
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 768
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-142
Quirigua..........  [NRW Preferred, VP]
.................  Klassischen Maya (2016-) accessed 24 August 2016
.................  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) accessed 10 May 2016
.................  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 23 April 2009
Subject: .....  [NRW, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 768
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-142
..................  Sharer and Morley, Ancient Maya (1994) 321
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) "Quirigua", accessed 10 May 2016
..........  Sharer and Morley, Ancient Maya (1994) 321

 

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