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ID: 6000034
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6000034
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Acancéh (inhabited place)  Acancéh (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 20 49 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 20.8167  decimal degrees
Long: 089 27 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -89.4500  decimal degrees

Note: Modern town on an ancient Maya site noted for hieroglyphic inscriptions, a restored pyramid and Palacio de los Estucos, dating from 5th -6th centurues CE; also noted for a colonial church dedicated to the Virgen de Guadalupe.

Names:
Acancéh (preferred,C,V)
Acanceh (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 México (nation)  ........  México (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Yucatán (state)  ............  Yucatán (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Acancéh (inhabited place)  ................  Acancéh (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
town (C)
city (H)
Maya (Mayan) (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Acancéh..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1998-2000)
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1989) 335
.................  USBGN: Mexico (1956) 2
Acanceh..........  [NRW Preferred, VP]
.................  Maya Explorer (1998) accessed 8/4/98
.................  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) Accessed 18 March 2016
Subject: .....  [NRW, VP]
..................  Maya Explorer (1998) accessed 8/4/98
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1649021
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1998-2000)
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1989) 335
..................  USBGN: Mexico (1956) 2
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-) "Acacnceh", accessed 18 March 2016
..........  Times Atlas of World History (1993)

 

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