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ID: 7032412
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7032412
Record Type:
administrative
Xunantunich (deserted settlement)
Coordinates:
Lat: 17 05 02 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 17.0830
decimal degrees
Long: 089 08 02 W
degrees minutes
Long: -89.1330
decimal degrees
Note:
Xunantunich is the site of a Maya civic ceremonial center in the Late and Terminal Classic periods; inhabited between 700 and 1100 CE. The pyramid known as "El Castillo" is the tallest structure on site. Contains hieroglyphic inscriptions.
Names:
Xunantunich
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
S
)
Benque Viejo
(
C
,
V
)
Mount Maloney
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Belize
(nation) (
P
)
............
Cayo
(national district) (
P
)
................
Xunantunich
(deserted settlement) (
P
)
Place Types:
deserted settlement (
preferred
,
C
)
archaeological site (
C
)
inhabited place (
H
)
city (
H
)
ceremonial site (
H
)
Maya (Mayan) (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Benque Viejo..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Klassischen Maya (2016-)
accessed 25 August 2016
Mount Maloney..........
[
VP
]
..........................
Klassischen Maya (2016-)
accessed 25 August 2016
Xunantunich..........
[
NRW Preferred
,
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Getty Conservation Institute, Field Projects [online] (2008-)
"Xunantunich (1992-1996)," accessed 18 February 2009
.......................
Ginell and Kumar, Conservation of Maya Limestone at Xunantunich, Belize (2002)
.......................
Klassischen Maya (2016-)
accessed 25 August 2016
.......................
MacKie, Excavations at Xunantunich and Pomona, Belize (1985)
.......................
Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-)
accessed 10 May 2016
Subject:
.....
[
NRW
,
VP
]
..................
Getty Conservation Institute, Field Projects [online] (2008-)
"Xunantunich (1992-1996)," accessed 18 February 2009
..................
Ginell and Kumar, Conservation of Maya Limestone at Xunantunich, Belize (2002)
..................
MacKie, Excavations at Xunantunich and Pomona, Belize (1985)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
MacKie, Excavations at Xunantunich and Pomona, Belize (1985)
..........
Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-)
"Xunantunich", accessed 10 May 2016
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