Oxtankah
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Oxtankah is an ancient Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, notable for its temples, plazas, and evidence of early contact with Spanish colonizers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Oxtankah canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2161510 — 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: Oxtankah Context triple: [Chetumal, hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite, Oxtankah]
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A.
Calakmul
Calakmul is a major ancient Maya city and archaeological site in the jungles of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, known for its massive pyramids and extensive ruins.
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B.
Piedras Negras
Piedras Negras is a Mexican border city in the state of Coahuila, located across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass, Texas, and known for its industrial activity and cross-border trade.
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C.
Tres Zapotes
Tres Zapotes is an important pre-Columbian archaeological site in Veracruz, Mexico, known for its monumental stone sculptures and as a key center of the Olmec and later Epi-Olmec cultures.
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D.
Tikal
Tikal is an ancient Maya city in present-day Guatemala, renowned for its towering pyramids, extensive ruins, and role as a powerful political and cultural center of the Classic Maya civilization.
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E.
Cuicuilco
Cuicuilco is an ancient pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Valley of Mexico, notable for its large circular pyramid and status as one of the region’s earliest urban centers.
- 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: Oxtankah Target entity description: Oxtankah is an ancient Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, notable for its temples, plazas, and evidence of early contact with Spanish colonizers.
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A.
Calakmul
Calakmul is a major ancient Maya city and archaeological site in the jungles of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, known for its massive pyramids and extensive ruins.
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B.
Piedras Negras
Piedras Negras is a Mexican border city in the state of Coahuila, located across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass, Texas, and known for its industrial activity and cross-border trade.
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C.
Tres Zapotes
Tres Zapotes is an important pre-Columbian archaeological site in Veracruz, Mexico, known for its monumental stone sculptures and as a key center of the Olmec and later Epi-Olmec cultures.
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D.
Tikal
Tikal is an ancient Maya city in present-day Guatemala, renowned for its towering pyramids, extensive ruins, and role as a powerful political and cultural center of the Classic Maya civilization.
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E.
Cuicuilco
Cuicuilco is an ancient pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Valley of Mexico, notable for its large circular pyramid and status as one of the region’s earliest urban centers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maya archaeological site
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archaeological site ⓘ |
| abbreviation | INAH-managed site ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Spanish colonial missions
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early colonial Maya communities ⓘ |
| civilization | Maya civilization ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culture | Maya ⓘ |
| function |
ceremonial center
ⓘ
residential center ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalRemains |
architectural remains
ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ human remains ⓘ lithic artifacts ⓘ shell artifacts ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceOf |
Christian religious structures
ⓘ
colonial-period occupation ⓘ early contact with Spanish colonizers ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
burials
ⓘ
cenotes ⓘ courtyards ⓘ painted architecture ⓘ palace-type structures ⓘ platforms ⓘ plazas ⓘ residential structures ⓘ sacbeob ⓘ stuccoed architecture ⓘ temples ⓘ water management features ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| hasTouristInfrastructure |
interpretive signage
ⓘ
visitor paths ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Mexican national archaeological site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Quintana Roo
ⓘ
municipality of Othón P. Blanco ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea |
Quintana Roo
ⓘ
surface form:
Costa Maya region of Quintana Roo
|
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC−5 ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Chetumal ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ |
| managedBy | Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia ⓘ |
| nearBodyOfWater |
Bay of Chetumal
ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| periodOfUse |
Classic period
ⓘ
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
surface form:
Postclassic period
Preclassic period ⓘ |
| region |
Yucatán Peninsula
ⓘ
surface form:
eastern Yucatán Peninsula
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oxtankah Description of subject: Oxtankah is an ancient Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, notable for its temples, plazas, and evidence of early contact with Spanish colonizers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.