Mirador Basin

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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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mirador Basin canonical 3
Mirador Basin Project 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
contains bajos (seasonal swamps) ⓘ
El Mirador ⓘ
La Danta pyramid complex ⓘ
linked to: La Danta pyramid

La Florida (Maya site) ⓘ
La Muralla ⓘ
Naachtun ⓘ
Nakbe ⓘ
linked to: Nakbé

Pacaya (Maya site) ⓘ
Tintal ⓘ
Wakna ⓘ
Xulnal ⓘ
large causeway systems ⓘ
country Guatemala ⓘ
culturalPeriod Late Preclassic ⓘ
Middle Preclassic ⓘ
declinePeriod Late Preclassic collapse ⓘ
earliestMajorOccupation circa 1000 BCE ⓘ
hasAccessType helicopter access ⓘ
limited road access ⓘ
long jungle trails ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalProject Mirador Basin Project ⓘ
linked to: Mirador Basin
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
northern Guatemala ⓘ
modernNearestCity Flores, Petén ⓘ
linked to: Flores, Guatemala
partOf Maya Biosphere Reserve (proposed/overlapping area) ⓘ
Maya Lowlands ⓘ
linked to: Maya lowlands

Mesoamerica ⓘ
peakUrbanDevelopment circa 300 BCE to 150 BCE ⓘ
primaryCulture Maya civilization ⓘ
proposedProtection Mirador Basin National Park ⓘ
cultural and natural heritage reserve ⓘ
researchField Maya archaeology ⓘ
ancient urbanism ⓘ
landscape archaeology ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Maya lowlands → contains → Mirador Basin ⓘ
El Mirador → partOf → Mirador Basin ⓘ
Nakbé → partOf → Mirador Basin ⓘ
Mirador Basin → hasArchaeologicalProject → Mirador Basin Project ⓘ
linked to: Mirador Basin