Cliff Palace
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Cliff Palace is a large, well-preserved cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, renowned as one of the most significant archaeological sites of the Ancestral Puebloan culture.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cliff Palace canonical | 6 |
| Anasazi cliff dwellings | 1 |
| Cliff Palace cliff dwelling | 1 |
| Cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde | 1 |
| Long House cliff dwelling | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2109693 — 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: Cliff Palace Context triple: [Ancestral Puebloans, majorSite, Cliff Palace]
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A.
Acoma Pueblo
Acoma Pueblo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited Native American settlements in the United States, renowned for its mesa-top village "Sky City" and rich Puebloan cultural heritage in western New Mexico.
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B.
Puerco Pueblo ruins
Puerco Pueblo ruins are the archaeological remains of an ancestral Puebloan village located within Petrified Forest National Park in northeastern Arizona.
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C.
Taos Pueblo
Taos Pueblo is a centuries-old Native American community in northern New Mexico, renowned for its multi-storied adobe buildings and continuous habitation as one of the oldest living communities in the United States.
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D.
Jemez Pueblo
Jemez Pueblo is a Native American community and sovereign pueblo of the Jemez people in north-central New Mexico, known for its Towa language, traditional culture, and historic adobe village.
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E.
NAN Ranch Ruin
NAN Ranch Ruin is a significant archaeological site in New Mexico that preserves a large, well-studied Mogollon village and Mimbres-period architectural complex.
- 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: Cliff Palace Target entity description: Cliff Palace is a large, well-preserved cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, renowned as one of the most significant archaeological sites of the Ancestral Puebloan culture.
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A.
Acoma Pueblo
Acoma Pueblo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited Native American settlements in the United States, renowned for its mesa-top village "Sky City" and rich Puebloan cultural heritage in western New Mexico.
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B.
Puerco Pueblo ruins
Puerco Pueblo ruins are the archaeological remains of an ancestral Puebloan village located within Petrified Forest National Park in northeastern Arizona.
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C.
Taos Pueblo
Taos Pueblo is a centuries-old Native American community in northern New Mexico, renowned for its multi-storied adobe buildings and continuous habitation as one of the oldest living communities in the United States.
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D.
Jemez Pueblo
Jemez Pueblo is a Native American community and sovereign pueblo of the Jemez people in north-central New Mexico, known for its Towa language, traditional culture, and historic adobe village.
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E.
NAN Ranch Ruin
NAN Ranch Ruin is a significant archaeological site in New Mexico that preserves a large, well-studied Mogollon village and Mimbres-period architectural complex.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ancestral Puebloan site
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ cliff dwelling ⓘ |
| abandonedInCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
| access | guided tour only ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Anasazi cliff dwelling ⓘ |
| archaeologicalExcavation | early 20th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ancestral Puebloan migration to Rio Grande and other regions
ⓘ
drought-related abandonment theories ⓘ |
| builtInto | sandstone cliff alcove ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culture | Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Charlie Mason
ⓘ
Richard Wetherill ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1888 ⓘ |
| elevation | about 2130 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| estimatedConstructionEnd | 13th century ⓘ |
| estimatedConstructionStart | 12th century ⓘ |
| governingBody |
National Park Service
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Park Service
|
| hasFeature |
kivas
ⓘ
multi-story masonry structures ⓘ plazas ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
ⓘ
Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ Montezuma County, Colorado ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedWithin |
Mesa Verde National Park
ⓘ
surface form:
Mesa Verde World Heritage Site
|
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
mortar
ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ wooden beams ⓘ |
| numberOfKivas | about 20 ⓘ |
| numberOfRooms | about 150 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mesa Verde National Park
ⓘ
Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ
surface form:
Mesa Verde cliff dwellings
|
| period | Pueblo III period ⓘ |
| prehistoricPopulationEstimate | around 100 to 150 inhabitants ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | well-preserved ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | residential settlement ⓘ |
| region | Four Corners region ⓘ |
| significance |
largest cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park
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one of the most important Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites ⓘ |
| tourism | major visitor attraction in Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1978 ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Cliff Palace Description of subject: Cliff Palace is a large, well-preserved cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, renowned as one of the most significant archaeological sites of the Ancestral Puebloan culture.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Anasazi cliff dwellings
this entity surface form:
Cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde
this entity surface form:
Long House cliff dwelling
this entity surface form:
Cliff Palace cliff dwelling