Manuel Gamio
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Manuel Gamio was a pioneering Mexican anthropologist and archaeologist often regarded as the father of modern Mexican anthropology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Manuel Gamio canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6907326 — 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: Manuel Gamio Context triple: [Temple of the Feathered Serpent at Teotihuacan, excavatedBy, Manuel Gamio]
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A.
José Antonio Ocampo
José Antonio Ocampo is a Colombian economist and former UN official known for his influential work on development economics, inequality, and international financial reform.
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B.
Alonso de Cárdenas
Alonso de Cárdenas was a prominent 15th-century Spanish nobleman and military leader who served as Grand Master of the Order of Santiago.
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C.
José Villagrán García
José Villagrán García was a prominent Mexican architect and key figure of modernist architecture in Mexico during the 20th century.
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D.
Ignaciano Moxeño
Ignaciano Moxeño are an Indigenous subgroup of the Moxeño people of Bolivia, distinguished by their own Ignaciano language and cultural traditions.
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E.
Moreno Ocampo
Moreno Ocampo is an Argentine lawyer best known for serving as the first Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
- 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: Manuel Gamio Target entity description: Manuel Gamio was a pioneering Mexican anthropologist and archaeologist often regarded as the father of modern Mexican anthropology.
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A.
José Antonio Ocampo
José Antonio Ocampo is a Colombian economist and former UN official known for his influential work on development economics, inequality, and international financial reform.
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B.
Alonso de Cárdenas
Alonso de Cárdenas was a prominent 15th-century Spanish nobleman and military leader who served as Grand Master of the Order of Santiago.
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C.
José Villagrán García
José Villagrán García was a prominent Mexican architect and key figure of modernist architecture in Mexico during the 20th century.
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D.
Ignaciano Moxeño
Ignaciano Moxeño are an Indigenous subgroup of the Moxeño people of Bolivia, distinguished by their own Ignaciano language and cultural traditions.
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E.
Moreno Ocampo
Moreno Ocampo is an Argentine lawyer best known for serving as the first Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropologist
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archaeologist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Mexico ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1883-03-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1960-07-30 ⓘ |
| describedAs | father of modern Mexican anthropology ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
ⓘ
National School of Fine Arts (Mexico) ⓘ
linked to:
Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes
under Franz Boas ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupStudied |
Nahua peoples
ⓘ
linked to:
Nahua
Otomi peoples ⓘ indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ |
| familyName | Gamio ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Mesoamerican archaeology
ⓘ
Mexican ethnography ⓘ anthropology ⓘ archaeology ⓘ indigenismo ⓘ |
| givenName | Manuel ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Franz Boas ⓘ |
| knownFor |
archaeological work at Teotihuacan
ⓘ
founding modern Mexican anthropology ⓘ pioneering applied anthropology in Mexico ⓘ studies of indigenous populations in Mexico ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Spanish ⓘ |
| movement | indigenismo ⓘ |
| name | Manuel Gamio ⓘ |
| nationality | Mexican ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Forjando patria
ⓘ
La población del Valle de Teotihuacán ⓘ La raza indígena ⓘ |
| occupation |
anthropologist
ⓘ
archaeologist ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Federal District
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ Mexico City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Mexico
ⓘ
Mexico City ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of Anthropology in Mexico
ⓘ
head of the Department of Anthropology of the Mexican government ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Mexico City
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Teotihuacan ⓘ
linked to:
Teotihuacan archaeological site
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (2)
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