Late Intermediate Period of the Andes
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The Late Intermediate Period of the Andes was a pre-Inca era (c. 1000–1470 CE) marked by the rise of powerful regional states and urban centers such as the Chimú capital Chan Chan along the Andean coast and highlands.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5287068 — 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: Late Intermediate Period of the Andes Context triple: [Chan Chan, period, Late Intermediate Period of the Andes]
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Formative Period in the Andes
The Formative Period in the Andes was a prehistoric era marked by the rise of complex societies, monumental architecture, and early religious and artistic traditions that laid the foundations for later Andean civilizations.
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Andean Late Horizon
The Andean Late Horizon was the final pre-Columbian cultural period in the central Andes, marked by the expansion and dominance of the Inca Empire just before Spanish conquest.
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Middle Horizon Andes
The Middle Horizon Andes refers to a major cultural and political period in pre-Columbian Andean history (roughly 600–1000 CE) marked by the expansion of powerful highland states such as Wari and Tiwanaku.
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Andean ritual calendar
The Andean ritual calendar is a traditional system of timekeeping that organizes religious ceremonies, agricultural cycles, and cosmological observances in Andean cultures.
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Moche Valley
The Moche Valley is a fertile coastal river valley in northern Peru known as the heartland of the ancient Moche civilization and its monumental adobe pyramids.
- 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: Late Intermediate Period of the Andes Target entity description: The Late Intermediate Period of the Andes was a pre-Inca era (c. 1000–1470 CE) marked by the rise of powerful regional states and urban centers such as the Chimú capital Chan Chan along the Andean coast and highlands.
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A.
Formative Period in the Andes
The Formative Period in the Andes was a prehistoric era marked by the rise of complex societies, monumental architecture, and early religious and artistic traditions that laid the foundations for later Andean civilizations.
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B.
Andean Late Horizon
The Andean Late Horizon was the final pre-Columbian cultural period in the central Andes, marked by the expansion and dominance of the Inca Empire just before Spanish conquest.
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C.
Middle Horizon Andes
The Middle Horizon Andes refers to a major cultural and political period in pre-Columbian Andean history (roughly 600–1000 CE) marked by the expansion of powerful highland states such as Wari and Tiwanaku.
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D.
Andean ritual calendar
The Andean ritual calendar is a traditional system of timekeeping that organizes religious ceremonies, agricultural cycles, and cosmological observances in Andean cultures.
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E.
Moche Valley
The Moche Valley is a fertile coastal river valley in northern Peru known as the heartland of the ancient Moche civilization and its monumental adobe pyramids.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological period
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pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| endTime | circa 1470 CE ⓘ |
| follows | Middle Horizon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
administrative compounds
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ancestor veneration practices ⓘ camelid pastoralism ⓘ coastal–highland interaction ⓘ competition for irrigable valleys ⓘ construction of adobe cities ⓘ construction of defensive sites ⓘ development of complex chiefdoms ⓘ elaborate textile production ⓘ elite-controlled craft production ⓘ expansion of irrigation agriculture ⓘ fortified hilltop settlements ⓘ hierarchical social organization ⓘ increased social stratification ⓘ intensive cotton cultivation ⓘ intensive craft specialization ⓘ intensive marine resource exploitation ⓘ intensive terrace agriculture ⓘ intensive warfare among polities ⓘ large-scale irrigation canals ⓘ long-distance trade networks ⓘ metalworking with copper alloys ⓘ mummification of elites ⓘ platform mound architecture ⓘ political fragmentation ⓘ population growth in coastal valleys ⓘ regional ceramic styles ⓘ regional cultural diversity ⓘ regional religious cults ⓘ regional road networks ⓘ rise of regional states ⓘ tribute-based economies ⓘ urbanization ⓘ use of large storage facilities ⓘ use of large storage jars (urpus) ⓘ use of quipu-like recording systems ⓘ walled compounds ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Andean coast
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Andean highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Andes ⓘ |
| partOf | Andean chronology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes | Late Horizon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | circa 1000 CE ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Late Intermediate Period of the Andes Description of subject: The Late Intermediate Period of the Andes was a pre-Inca era (c. 1000–1470 CE) marked by the rise of powerful regional states and urban centers such as the Chimú capital Chan Chan along the Andean coast and highlands.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Chan Chan
this entity surface form:
Late Intermediate Period (Andes)
this entity surface form:
Andean chronology
this entity surface form:
Late Intermediate Period (northern Colombia)
this entity surface form:
Late Prehistoric Andes
subject surface form:
tunjos
this entity surface form:
Late Intermediate Period in northern Andes
this entity surface form:
Late Intermediate Period Andes
this entity surface form:
Late Intermediate Period Andes