Gault site
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The Gault site is a major archaeological location in central Texas known for its extensive evidence of early human occupation in North America, including some of the continent’s oldest stone tools.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gault site canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gault site Context triple: [Paleo-Indian period, associatedWith, Gault site]
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A.
Afan Lido site
Afan Lido site is a former leisure centre and swimming complex in Port Talbot, Wales, known for its closure and demolition following a major fire.
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B.
Arlington Springs Man site
The Arlington Springs Man site is a significant Paleoindian archaeological locality on Santa Rosa Island in California, where some of the oldest known human remains in North America were discovered.
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C.
Moray archaeological site
Moray archaeological site is an Inca ruin in Peru renowned for its series of circular agricultural terraces thought to have been used as an experimental farming laboratory.
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D.
Al-Bass archaeological site
Al-Bass archaeological site is an extensive ancient necropolis and Roman-Byzantine archaeological complex in Tyre, Lebanon, renowned for its well-preserved hippodrome, monumental arch, and funerary structures.
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E.
Tulor archaeological site
The Tulor archaeological site is an ancient pre-Columbian village complex in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert, notable for its well-preserved circular adobe structures and insight into early Atacameño culture.
- 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: Gault site Target entity description: The Gault site is a major archaeological location in central Texas known for its extensive evidence of early human occupation in North America, including some of the continent’s oldest stone tools.
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A.
Afan Lido site
Afan Lido site is a former leisure centre and swimming complex in Port Talbot, Wales, known for its closure and demolition following a major fire.
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B.
Arlington Springs Man site
The Arlington Springs Man site is a significant Paleoindian archaeological locality on Santa Rosa Island in California, where some of the oldest known human remains in North America were discovered.
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C.
Moray archaeological site
Moray archaeological site is an Inca ruin in Peru renowned for its series of circular agricultural terraces thought to have been used as an experimental farming laboratory.
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D.
Al-Bass archaeological site
Al-Bass archaeological site is an extensive ancient necropolis and Roman-Byzantine archaeological complex in Tyre, Lebanon, renowned for its well-preserved hippodrome, monumental arch, and funerary structures.
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E.
Tulor archaeological site
The Tulor archaeological site is an ancient pre-Columbian village complex in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert, notable for its well-preserved circular adobe structures and insight into early Atacameño culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Paleoindian archaeological site
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archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture |
Clovis culture
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Paleoindian cultures ⓘ pre-Clovis cultures ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalMaterial |
debitage
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faunal remains ⓘ features such as pits and hearths ⓘ stone tools ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalStratigraphy |
deeply stratified deposits
ⓘ
multiple cultural components ⓘ |
| hasDatingMethod |
optically stimulated luminescence dating
ⓘ
radiocarbon dating ⓘ |
| hasDiscovery | some of the oldest stone tools in North America ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment |
karst limestone landscape
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springs and stream terraces ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceOf |
early hunter-gatherer groups
ⓘ
intensive knapping activities ⓘ lithic raw material procurement ⓘ long-term campsite use ⓘ stone tool production ⓘ |
| hasFunctionInResearch | type locality for early Texas Paleoindian studies ⓘ |
| hasProtectionStatus | archaeologically protected property ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Clovis and pre-Clovis archaeological deposits
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evidence of early human occupation in North America ⓘ high-density lithic artifact concentrations ⓘ long-term stratified cultural sequence ⓘ very early stone tool assemblages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bell County, Texas
ⓘ
Hill Country of Texas ⓘ
surface form:
Edwards Plateau
Hill Country of Texas ⓘ
surface form:
Texas Hill Country region
Williamson County ⓘ
surface form:
Williamson County, Texas
central Texas ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Salado Creek ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Buttermilk Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Gault School of Archaeological Research ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Henry Gault ⓘ |
| partOf |
Great Plains
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surface form:
Southern Great Plains
|
| researchSignificance |
important for chronology of Clovis and pre-Clovis occupations
ⓘ
important for understanding early North American technology ⓘ key site for debates on the peopling of the Americas ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
debates about pre-Clovis occupation
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numerous archaeological studies ⓘ |
| timeDepth |
Early Holocene
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Late Pleistocene ⓘ |
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