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ID: 6000218
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6000218
Record Type:
administrative
Altun Ha (deserted settlement)
Coordinates:
Lat: 17 45 50 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 17.7630
decimal degrees
Long: 088 20 49 W
degrees minutes
Long: -88.3460
decimal degrees
Note:
Was ancient Mayan center; noted for temple-pyramids and Classical Mayan tombs (300-600 CE), noted for hieroglyphic texts and jade sculptures. Altun Ha is an ancient Maya site in Belize with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
Names:
Altun Ha
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C
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V
,
S
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Hierarchical Position:
World
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North and Central America
(continent) (
P
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Belize
(nation) (
P
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Belize
(national district) (
P
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Altun Ha
(deserted settlement) (
P
)
Place Types:
deserted settlement (
preferred
,
C
)
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settled from 300 CE
archaeological site (
C
)
inhabited place (
H
)
Maya (Mayan) (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Altun Ha..........
[
NRW Preferred
,
VP Preferred
]
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Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
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Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 27
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Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-)
accessed 3 May 2016
Subject:
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[
NRW
,
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
1:27
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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Canby, Historic Places (1984)
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Prager et al., A Checklist of Archaeological Sites with Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (2014-)
"Altun Ha", accessed 3 May 2016
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