Aztec Ruins

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Ancestral Puebloan site National Monument World Heritage Site component archaeological site

Aztec Ruins is a significant Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site in northwestern New Mexico, known for its well-preserved great houses and kivas.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Aztec Ruins National Monument	6
Ancestral Puebloan masonry	1
Aztec Ruins canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2109696 — 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: Aztec Ruins
Context triple: [Ancestral Puebloans, majorSite, Aztec Ruins]

A. Pueblo Bonito
Pueblo Bonito is a large, multi-storied ancient great house in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, renowned as one of the most important and impressive archaeological sites of the Ancestral Puebloan culture.
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.
C. Cliff Palace
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.
D. 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.
E. 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.
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: Aztec Ruins
Target entity description: Aztec Ruins is a significant Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site in northwestern New Mexico, known for its well-preserved great houses and kivas.

A. Pueblo Bonito
Pueblo Bonito is a large, multi-storied ancient great house in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, renowned as one of the most important and impressive archaeological sites of the Ancestral Puebloan culture.
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.
C. Cliff Palace
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.
D. 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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ancestral Puebloan site ⓘ National Monument ⓘ World Heritage Site component ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Chacoan great house architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ surface form: Chacoan Ancestral Puebloans
builtBy	Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ surface form: Ancestral Pueblo people
conservationStatus	legally protected archaeological site ⓘ
constructionPeriod	circa 11th–13th centuries CE ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culture	Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ surface form: Ancestral Puebloan
designation	Aztec Ruins self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Aztec Ruins National Monument
feature	ceremonial kivas ⓘ multi‑story masonry rooms ⓘ plazas ⓘ prehistoric road segments ⓘ
governingBody	National Park Service ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Park Service
hasPart	Great Kiva ⓘ West Ruin great house ⓘ great houses ⓘ kivas ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter	true ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Chaco Culture National Historical Park ⓘ surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Chaco Culture)
locatedIn	New Mexico ⓘ San Juan County, New Mexico ⓘ northwestern New Mexico ⓘ
locatedInOrNear	Aztec, New Mexico ⓘ
managingOrganization	National Park Service ⓘ
materialUsed	stone masonry ⓘ wooden beams ⓘ
namedAfter	Aztec, New Mexico ⓘ
nameEtymology	misattributed to the Aztec civilization by early Euro‑American settlers ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody	Animas River ⓘ
offers	guided tours ⓘ interpretive trails ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
partOf	Chaco Culture National Historical Park ⓘ surface form: Chaco Culture World Heritage Site Chaco Phenomenon ⓘ surface form: Chacoan cultural sphere
primaryFunctionHistoric	ceremonial center ⓘ residential complex ⓘ
protectedAreaStatus	U.S. National Monument ⓘ
recognizedAs	site of national historical and archaeological significance ⓘ
recognizedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
region	Four Corners region ⓘ
significance	important for understanding Ancestral Puebloan social and ceremonial life ⓘ well‑preserved example of Chacoan great house planning ⓘ
tourism	popular cultural heritage tourism destination in New Mexico ⓘ
UNESCORegion	Americas ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Ancestral Puebloans → majorSite → Aztec Ruins ⓘ

Chaco Culture National Historical Park → architectureStyle → Aztec Ruins ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan masonry

Farmington → hasNearbyAttraction → Aztec Ruins ⓘ

subject surface form: Farmington, New Mexico