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ID: 700072546
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700072546
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1
El Castillo, Tulum (ceremonial structure; Mayan architects; 1500; Late Classic; El Castillo (Quintana Roo, México, North and Central Amer...;)
Note: Located in: Tulum, Mexico; Late Classic; pyramid-shaped structure, was a ceremonial center and possibly a lighthouse
Titles:
El Castillo, Tulum (preferred,C,U,English-P,,N)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
ceremonial structure [300263489] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>)
castle (fortification) [300006891]
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, fortifications (built environment))
lighthouse [300007741]
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, transportation structures, transportation buildings, water transportation buildings)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1500; Late Classic

Creator Display:
Mayan architects [preferred,BWR]
architects unknown Maya (Mayan cultural designation) [500125283]
Locations:
Current: Site Context: El Castillo [7419308] (Geographic)
Other: Tulum [7007221] (Geographic)
Address Note: +20.211944,-87.465833; Tulum, Mexico
Display Materials: unavailable
Dimensions: unavailable
Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Late Classic [300016986] (preferred,period)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The, Pre-Columbian (American), <Pre-Columbian Middle American styles and periods>, Mesoamerican, Mesoamerican periods, Classic (Mesoamerican culture or period))

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, urban planning, and engineering works
............... Tulum Buildings
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures
Sources and Contributors:
El Castillo, Tulum........ [VP,BWR]
........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3775265
Subject: ....... [BWR,VP]
....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3775265
....................... BWR-04 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)
....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3775265
....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 35270
....................... Cornell University Library, BWR contribution (2010-) 3095
Note:
English ..... [BWR,VP]
..... BWR database (2010-)
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