Basketmaker culture
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The Basketmaker culture was an early Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) farming and basket-weaving society of the American Southwest, known for its pit houses, sophisticated basketry, and gradual adoption of pottery and agriculture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Basketmaker culture canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23082913 — 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: Basketmaker culture Context triple: [Cedar Mesa, hasArchaeologicalCulture, Basketmaker culture]
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Fremont culture
The Fremont culture was a pre-Columbian Native American archaeological culture of the U.S. Great Basin and Colorado Plateau, known for its distinctive rock art, pit houses, and mixed farming-hunting lifestyle.
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Marapu culture
Marapu culture is an indigenous ancestral belief system and way of life of the people of Sumba in Indonesia, characterized by megalithic tombs, ritual ceremonies, and a strong connection to nature and ancestral spirits.
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Folsom culture
Folsom culture was a Paleo-Indian archaeological culture of the North American Great Plains, best known for its finely made fluted projectile points associated with extinct Pleistocene bison hunting.
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D.
Sinagua culture
The Sinagua culture was a pre-Columbian Native American society of the U.S. Southwest known for its cliff dwellings, masonry pueblos, and sophisticated agricultural practices.
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Cupisnique culture
The Cupisnique culture was an early pre-Columbian civilization on Peru’s northern coast, noted for its sophisticated ceramics and as a precursor to later Andean cultures such as the Chavín.
- 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: Basketmaker culture Target entity description: The Basketmaker culture was an early Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) farming and basket-weaving society of the American Southwest, known for its pit houses, sophisticated basketry, and gradual adoption of pottery and agriculture.
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A.
Fremont culture
The Fremont culture was a pre-Columbian Native American archaeological culture of the U.S. Great Basin and Colorado Plateau, known for its distinctive rock art, pit houses, and mixed farming-hunting lifestyle.
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B.
Marapu culture
Marapu culture is an indigenous ancestral belief system and way of life of the people of Sumba in Indonesia, characterized by megalithic tombs, ritual ceremonies, and a strong connection to nature and ancestral spirits.
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C.
Folsom culture
Folsom culture was a Paleo-Indian archaeological culture of the North American Great Plains, best known for its finely made fluted projectile points associated with extinct Pleistocene bison hunting.
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D.
Sinagua culture
The Sinagua culture was a pre-Columbian Native American society of the U.S. Southwest known for its cliff dwellings, masonry pueblos, and sophisticated agricultural practices.
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E.
Cupisnique culture
The Cupisnique culture was an early pre-Columbian civilization on Peru’s northern coast, noted for its sophisticated ceramics and as a precursor to later Andean cultures such as the Chavín.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.