San Agustín Archaeological Park

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UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological site

San Agustín Archaeological Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southwestern Colombia renowned for its extensive collection of pre-Columbian megalithic sculptures, tombs, and ceremonial monuments.

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Label	Occurrences
San Agustín Archaeological Park canonical	25
San Agustín archaeological region	2
San Agustín Archaeological Park UNESCO World Heritage Site	1
San Agustín Archaeological Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site	1
San Agustín archaeological area	1
San Agustín archaeological complex	1
San Agustín archaeological core zone	1
San Agustín archaeological sites	1
San Agustín monumental complex	1
San Agustín monumental sculpture zone	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site "San Agustín Archaeological Park"	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site San Agustín Archaeological Park	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1534428 — 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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Target entity: San Agustín Archaeological Park
Context triple: [Huila Department, contains, San Agustín Archaeological Park]

A. El Tajín
El Tajín is a major pre-Columbian archaeological site in eastern Mexico, renowned for its Pyramid of the Niches and its significance as a center of Classic Veracruz culture.
B. Kaminaljuyú archaeological site
Kaminaljuyú archaeological site is an ancient pre-Columbian Maya city known for its extensive ruins, including pyramidal mounds and carved stone monuments, now located within modern Guatemala City.
C. Chichén Itzá
Chichén Itzá is a renowned ancient Maya city in Mexico famous for its monumental pyramid El Castillo and its role as a major political, religious, and cultural center in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
D. Monte Albán
Monte Albán is an ancient Zapotec archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico, renowned as one of the earliest and most important urban centers in Mesoamerican history.
E. Uxmal
Uxmal is a major ancient Maya city in present-day Mexico, renowned for its well-preserved Puuc-style architecture and impressive pyramids and palaces.
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: San Agustín Archaeological Park
Target entity description: San Agustín Archaeological Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southwestern Colombia renowned for its extensive collection of pre-Columbian megalithic sculptures, tombs, and ceremonial monuments.

A. El Tajín
El Tajín is a major pre-Columbian archaeological site in eastern Mexico, renowned for its Pyramid of the Niches and its significance as a center of Classic Veracruz culture.
B. Kaminaljuyú archaeological site
Kaminaljuyú archaeological site is an ancient pre-Columbian Maya city known for its extensive ruins, including pyramidal mounds and carved stone monuments, now located within modern Guatemala City.
C. Chichén Itzá
Chichén Itzá is a renowned ancient Maya city in Mexico famous for its monumental pyramid El Castillo and its role as a major political, religious, and cultural center in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
D. Monte Albán
Monte Albán is an ancient Zapotec archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico, renowned as one of the earliest and most important urban centers in Mesoamerican history.
E. Uxmal
Uxmal is a major ancient Maya city in present-day Mexico, renowned for its well-preserved Puuc-style architecture and impressive pyramids and palaces.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
abandonmentPeriod	around 14th century ⓘ
altitude	about 1700 meters above sea level ⓘ
area	about 116 hectares ⓘ
associatedWithCulture	San Agustín culture ⓘ
contains	artificial mounds ⓘ burial mounds ⓘ ceremonial monuments ⓘ funerary structures ⓘ megalithic sculptures ⓘ stone statues ⓘ terraces ⓘ tombs ⓘ
country	Colombia ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeansPeriod	18th–19th centuries ⓘ
earliestOccupationPeriod	1st century AD ⓘ
governingBody	Colombian Ministry of Culture ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Culture of Colombia
hasArchaeologicalFeature	alignments of statues ⓘ sarcophagi ⓘ stone altars ⓘ
hasComponentSite	Alto de Lavapatas ⓘ Alto de las Piedras ⓘ Alto de los Ídolos ⓘ Fuente de Lavapatas ⓘ Mesita A ⓘ Mesita B ⓘ Mesita C ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionReason	exceptional testimony to a vanished Andean culture ⓘ outstanding example of pre-Columbian monumental sculpture ⓘ
knownFor	complex funerary architecture ⓘ large stone anthropomorphic statues ⓘ pre-Columbian megalithic art ⓘ zoomorphic stone sculptures ⓘ
locatedIn	Huila Department ⓘ southwestern Colombia ⓘ
mainOccupationPeriod	1st to 8th centuries AD ⓘ
materialUsed	volcanic stone ⓘ
nearestTown	San Agustín, Huila ⓘ
partOf	Andean archaeological sites ⓘ
protectionStatus	national archaeological park of Colombia ⓘ
tourismType	archaeological tourism ⓘ cultural tourism ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(iii) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageId	744 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear	1995 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion	Latin America and the Caribbean ⓘ linked to: Latin America

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Referenced by (37)

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

Huila Department → contains → San Agustín Archaeological Park ⓘ

Huila Department → touristAttraction → San Agustín Archaeological Park ⓘ

San Agustín culture (peripheral connections) → isPeripheralTo → San Agustín monumental sculpture zone ⓘ