Norte Chico region of Peru
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The Norte Chico region of Peru is an area on the country’s north-central coast known for hosting one of the oldest known complex civilizations in the Americas, featuring early urban centers and monumental architecture.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Norte Chico civilization | 3 |
| Norte Chico civilization area | 1 |
| Norte Chico region of Peru canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16037107 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norte Chico region of Peru Context triple: [Bandurria, region, Norte Chico region of Peru]
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A.
Norte Chico of Chile
Norte Chico of Chile is a semi-arid, sparsely populated region in north-central Chile known for its valleys, agriculture, and transitional landscape between the Atacama Desert and the country’s more fertile central zone.
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B.
Moche Valley
The Moche Valley is a fertile coastal river valley in northern Peru known as the heartland of the ancient Moche civilization and its monumental adobe pyramids.
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C.
Caral
Caral is an ancient pre-Columbian city in Peru, considered one of the oldest urban centers in the Americas and a key site of the Norte Chico civilization.
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D.
Olmec heartland
The Olmec heartland is the core region along Mexico’s Gulf Coast where the Olmec civilization first developed its major ceremonial centers, art, and early Mesoamerican cultural innovations.
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E.
Sipán
Sipán is an important archaeological site in northern Peru renowned for its richly furnished Moche tombs, including that of the Lord of Sipán.
- 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: Norte Chico region of Peru Target entity description: The Norte Chico region of Peru is an area on the country’s north-central coast known for hosting one of the oldest known complex civilizations in the Americas, featuring early urban centers and monumental architecture.
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A.
Norte Chico of Chile
Norte Chico of Chile is a semi-arid, sparsely populated region in north-central Chile known for its valleys, agriculture, and transitional landscape between the Atacama Desert and the country’s more fertile central zone.
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B.
Moche Valley
The Moche Valley is a fertile coastal river valley in northern Peru known as the heartland of the ancient Moche civilization and its monumental adobe pyramids.
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C.
Caral
Caral is an ancient pre-Columbian city in Peru, considered one of the oldest urban centers in the Americas and a key site of the Norte Chico civilization.
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D.
Olmec heartland
The Olmec heartland is the core region along Mexico’s Gulf Coast where the Olmec civilization first developed its major ceremonial centers, art, and early Mesoamerican cultural innovations.
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E.
Sipán
Sipán is an important archaeological site in northern Peru renowned for its richly furnished Moche tombs, including that of the Lord of Sipán.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Norte Chico region of Peru
linked to: Norte Chico region of Peru
linked to: Norte Chico region of Peru
subject linked to:
archaeologist Ruth Shady
linked to: Norte Chico region of Peru