Nakbé

E411189
Maya archaeological site Preclassic Maya site ancient city

Nakbé is an ancient preclassic Maya archaeological site in northern Guatemala, notable as one of the earliest known large Maya cities.

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Label Occurrences
Nakbé canonical 2
Nakbe 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya archaeological site ⓘ
Preclassic Maya site ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
abandoned Late Preclassic period ⓘ
access remote jungle location ⓘ
archaeologicalStatus excavated site ⓘ
connectedByCausewayTo El Mirador ⓘ
conservationStatus partially protected ⓘ
country Guatemala ⓘ
culture Maya civilization ⓘ
discoveredBy Ian Graham ⓘ
discoveryDate 1960s ⓘ
earliestOccupation c. 1000 BCE ⓘ
flourished c. 800–400 BCE ⓘ
hasFeature E-Group astronomical complex ⓘ
artificial terraces ⓘ
causeways ⓘ
large platform mounds ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
palace-type structures ⓘ
pyramidal structures ⓘ
quarry pits ⓘ
residential platforms ⓘ
stelae ⓘ
water management features ⓘ
hasMaterialEvidence architectural sculpture ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ
lithics ⓘ
stucco masks ⓘ
languageContext Classic Maya language area ⓘ
locatedIn Maya lowlands ⓘ
Petén Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Guatemala ⓘ
nearbySite El Mirador ⓘ
Tintal ⓘ
notableFor being one of the earliest large Maya cities ⓘ
early development of Maya monumental architecture ⓘ
early use of stucco decoration ⓘ
evidence of complex social organization in the Preclassic period ⓘ
large-scale construction in the Middle Preclassic ⓘ
partOf Mirador Basin ⓘ
period Late Preclassic period ⓘ
Middle Preclassic period ⓘ
region Maya lowlands ⓘ
surface form: Central Maya Lowlands
researchedBy Proyecto Cuenca Mirador ⓘ
Richard D. Hansen NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance key site for understanding early Maya urbanism ⓘ

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Subject: Nakbé
Description of subject: Nakbé is an ancient preclassic Maya archaeological site in northern Guatemala, notable as one of the earliest known large Maya cities.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Petén Department → contains → Nakbé ⓘ
Maya Biosphere Reserve → contains → Nakbé ⓘ
El Mirador → nearbySites → Nakbé ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nakbe