Moche Valley
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moche Valley canonical | 11 |
| Lambayeque Valley | 1 |
| Moche (near modern Trujillo, Peru) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1029184 — 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: Moche Valley Context triple: [Trujillo, locatedIn, Moche Valley]
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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 culture
The Moche culture was an influential pre-Columbian civilization on Peru’s northern coast, renowned for its sophisticated irrigation systems, monumental adobe pyramids, and highly detailed ceramics depicting daily life, warfare, and ritual.
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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.
Collasuyu
Collasuyu was the southeastern quarter of the Inca Empire, encompassing the highland and lowland regions around Lake Titicaca and extending into parts of present-day Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.
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E.
Los Vilos
Los Vilos is a coastal Chilean city and commune known for its beaches, fishing activities, and role as a local tourism and transport hub in the Coquimbo 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: Moche Valley Target entity description: 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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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 culture
The Moche culture was an influential pre-Columbian civilization on Peru’s northern coast, renowned for its sophisticated irrigation systems, monumental adobe pyramids, and highly detailed ceramics depicting daily life, warfare, and ritual.
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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.
Collasuyu
Collasuyu was the southeastern quarter of the Inca Empire, encompassing the highland and lowland regions around Lake Titicaca and extending into parts of present-day Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.
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E.
Los Vilos
Los Vilos is a coastal Chilean city and commune known for its beaches, fishing activities, and role as a local tourism and transport hub in the Coquimbo Region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
ⓘ
river valley ⓘ |
| country | Peru ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
key area for Andean archaeology
ⓘ
major center of Moche art and religion ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalCulture |
Cupisnique culture
ⓘ
Vicús culture ⓘ
surface form:
Gallinazo culture
Moche culture ⓘ Cupisnique culture ⓘ
surface form:
Salinar culture
|
| hasArchaeologicalSite |
Cerro Blanco (Moche Valley)
ⓘ
surface form:
Cerro Blanco (archaeological area)
Huaca de la Luna ⓘ Huaca del Sol ⓘ |
| hasCity | Trujillo ⓘ |
| hasClimate | arid coastal climate ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
cotton cultivation
ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ irrigated agriculture ⓘ maize cultivation ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
adobe monumental architecture
ⓘ
pre-Columbian irrigation canals ⓘ |
| hasNearbyArchaeologicalComplex |
Moche archaeological complex
ⓘ
surface form:
Huacas de Moche
|
| hasNearbyCity |
Moche (town)
ⓘ
Trujillo ⓘ |
| hasResearchInstitutionNearby |
National University of Trujillo
ⓘ
surface form:
Universidad Nacional de Trujillo
|
| hasRiver | Moche River ⓘ |
| hasSoil | alluvial soils ⓘ |
| hasThreat |
El Niño-related flooding
ⓘ
looting of archaeological sites ⓘ urban expansion ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
northern Peru
ⓘ
surface form:
North Coast of Peru
|
| knownFor |
ancient Moche civilization
ⓘ
fertile agricultural land ⓘ monumental adobe pyramids ⓘ |
| languageHistoricallySpoken | Mochica language ⓘ |
| laterConqueredBy | Inca Empire ⓘ |
| laterDominatedBy |
Chimu culture
ⓘ
surface form:
Chimu civilization
|
| locatedIn |
La Libertad Region
ⓘ
northern Peru ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Pacific coast of Peru ⓘ |
| modernUse |
agricultural production
ⓘ
archaeological tourism ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sechura Desert
ⓘ
surface form:
Peruvian coastal desert
|
| periodOfMajorOccupation |
Early Intermediate Period
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c. 100 CE – 800 CE ⓘ |
| regionType | coastal river valley ⓘ |
| wasHeartlandOf |
Moche culture
ⓘ
surface form:
Moche civilization
|
| waterSource |
Andean runoff
ⓘ
seasonal rivers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Moche Valley Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Moche (near modern Trujillo, Peru)
subject surface form:
Chan Chan
this entity surface form:
Lambayeque Valley