Mirador Basin
E868667
Mirador Basin is a remote, forested region in northern Guatemala known for its extensive ancient Maya archaeological sites, including some of the earliest and largest preclassic cities.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological region
ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ |
| contains |
bajos (seasonal swamps)
ⓘ
El Mirador NERFINISHED ⓘ La Danta pyramid complex NERFINISHED ⓘ La Florida (Maya site) NERFINISHED ⓘ La Muralla NERFINISHED ⓘ Naachtun NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakbe NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacaya (Maya site) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tintal NERFINISHED ⓘ Wakna NERFINISHED ⓘ Xulnal NERFINISHED ⓘ large causeway systems ⓘ |
| country | Guatemala ⓘ |
| culturalPeriod |
Late Preclassic
ⓘ
Middle Preclassic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | Late Preclassic collapse ⓘ |
| earliestMajorOccupation | circa 1000 BCE ⓘ |
| hasAccessType |
helicopter access
ⓘ
limited road access ⓘ long jungle trails ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalProject | Mirador Basin Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
heavily forested
ⓘ
remote ⓘ sparsely populated ⓘ |
| hasConservationStatus |
threatened by illegal logging
ⓘ
threatened by looting ⓘ threatened by narcotrafficking routes ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType | tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| hasResearcher | Richard D. Hansen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
contains some of the largest pyramids in the Maya world
ⓘ
one of the earliest known large-scale Maya political systems ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ancient Maya archaeological sites
ⓘ
early Maya urbanism ⓘ large Preclassic Maya cities ⓘ |
| languageRegion | historically Maya languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Petén Department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Guatemala ⓘ |
| modernNearestCity | Flores, Petén NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Maya Biosphere Reserve (proposed/overlapping area)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maya Lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakUrbanDevelopment | circa 300 BCE to 150 BCE ⓘ |
| primaryCulture | Maya civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposedProtection |
Mirador Basin National Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
cultural and natural heritage reserve ⓘ |
| researchField |
Maya archaeology
ⓘ
ancient urbanism ⓘ landscape archaeology ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.