Acheulean
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Acheulean is a prehistoric stone tool industry characterized by large bifacial handaxes and cleavers, associated mainly with Homo erectus and early Homo sapiens across Africa, Europe, and Asia.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Acheulean canonical | 3 |
| Acheulean industry | 3 |
| Acheulean culture | 1 |
| Acheulean handaxe tradition | 1 |
| Acheulean stone tools | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15786297 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Acheulean Context triple: [Koobi Fora, toolIndustryEvidence, Acheulean]
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Mousterian stone tool industry
The Mousterian stone tool industry was a Middle Paleolithic technological tradition characterized by sophisticated flake tools and prepared-core techniques, most closely associated with Neanderthals in Europe and Western Asia.
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Aurignacian
The Aurignacian was an early Upper Paleolithic culture in Europe, associated with some of the earliest modern humans and known for its advanced stone tools, bone artifacts, and figurative cave art.
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Gravettian
Gravettian is an Upper Paleolithic archaeological culture in Europe, known for its distinctive stone tools, cave art, and Venus figurines dating roughly from 33,000 to 21,000 years ago.
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Upper Palaeolithic
The Upper Palaeolithic is the final phase of the Old Stone Age, marked by advanced stone tools, cave art, and the widespread presence of anatomically modern humans across Eurasia.
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Soanian stone tool industry
The Soanian stone tool industry is an early Paleolithic archaeological culture of the Indian subcontinent, characterized by pebble and core tools found mainly in the Siwalik Hills region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Acheulean Target entity description: Acheulean is a prehistoric stone tool industry characterized by large bifacial handaxes and cleavers, associated mainly with Homo erectus and early Homo sapiens across Africa, Europe, and Asia.
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A.
Mousterian stone tool industry
The Mousterian stone tool industry was a Middle Paleolithic technological tradition characterized by sophisticated flake tools and prepared-core techniques, most closely associated with Neanderthals in Europe and Western Asia.
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B.
Aurignacian
The Aurignacian was an early Upper Paleolithic culture in Europe, associated with some of the earliest modern humans and known for its advanced stone tools, bone artifacts, and figurative cave art.
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C.
Gravettian
Gravettian is an Upper Paleolithic archaeological culture in Europe, known for its distinctive stone tools, cave art, and Venus figurines dating roughly from 33,000 to 21,000 years ago.
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D.
Upper Palaeolithic
The Upper Palaeolithic is the final phase of the Old Stone Age, marked by advanced stone tools, cave art, and the widespread presence of anatomically modern humans across Eurasia.
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E.
Soanian stone tool industry
The Soanian stone tool industry is an early Paleolithic archaeological culture of the Indian subcontinent, characterized by pebble and core tools found mainly in the Siwalik Hills region.
- F. None of above. chosen
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