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ID: 8697633
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8697633
Record Type:
administrative
Actun Balam (abandoned dwelling)
Coordinates:
Lat: 16 43 12 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 16.7200
decimal degrees
Long: 089 04 48 W
degrees minutes
Long: -89.0800
decimal degrees
Note:
Actun Balam is an ancient Maya site in Belize with hieroglyphic inscriptions. The cave is located southeast of Caracol, in the Vaca Plateau.
Names:
Actun Balam
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
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Belize
(nation) (
P
)
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Cayo
(national district) (
P
)
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Actun Balam
(abandoned dwelling) (
P,
U
)
Place Types:
abandoned dwelling (
preferred
,
C
)
cave (
C
)
archaeological site (
C
)
Pre-Columbian (
C
)
Maya (Mayan) (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Actun Balam..........
[
NRW Preferred
]
.......................
Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-)
accessed 29 April 2016
Subject:
.....
[
NRW
,
VP
]
..................
Minjares, Ancient Maya (2003)
Note:
English
..........
[
NRW
,
VP
]
..........
Minjares, Ancient Maya (2003)
..........
Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-)
"Actun Balam", accessed 29 April 2016
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