Mogollon region
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The Mogollon region is a cultural and geographic area of the ancient American Southwest and northern Mexico associated with the Mogollon archaeological tradition, known for its distinctive pottery, pit houses, and cliff dwellings.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mogollon region canonical | 2 |
| Jornada Mogollon area | 1 |
| Mogollon cultural area | 1 |
| Mogollon-Datil region | 1 |
| Upper Gila Mogollon | 1 |
| eastern Mogollon Mountains region | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6932171 — 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: Mogollon region Context triple: [Oasisamerica, hasSubregion, Mogollon region]
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A.
Trans-Pecos region
The Trans-Pecos region is the arid, mountainous far western portion of Texas known for its desert landscapes, sparse population, and cultural and geographic ties to the American Southwest.
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B.
San Luis Valley
San Luis Valley is a high-altitude, agriculturally rich basin in southern Colorado known for its expansive plains, surrounding mountain ranges, and significant Hispanic and Native American cultural heritage.
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C.
Chaco Province
Chaco Province is an administrative region in northeastern Argentina known for its vast plains, subtropical climate, and significant indigenous and rural populations.
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D.
Western Yavapai
Western Yavapai are a Native American group of the Yavapai people traditionally inhabiting central and western Arizona, known for their distinct language dialect and cultural practices.
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E.
Second Mesa
Second Mesa is a Hopi community and geographic feature in northeastern Arizona known for its traditional villages and cultural significance within the Hopi Reservation.
- 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: Mogollon region Target entity description: The Mogollon region is a cultural and geographic area of the ancient American Southwest and northern Mexico associated with the Mogollon archaeological tradition, known for its distinctive pottery, pit houses, and cliff dwellings.
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A.
Trans-Pecos region
The Trans-Pecos region is the arid, mountainous far western portion of Texas known for its desert landscapes, sparse population, and cultural and geographic ties to the American Southwest.
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B.
San Luis Valley
San Luis Valley is a high-altitude, agriculturally rich basin in southern Colorado known for its expansive plains, surrounding mountain ranges, and significant Hispanic and Native American cultural heritage.
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C.
Chaco Province
Chaco Province is an administrative region in northeastern Argentina known for its vast plains, subtropical climate, and significant indigenous and rural populations.
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D.
Western Yavapai
Western Yavapai are a Native American group of the Yavapai people traditionally inhabiting central and western Arizona, known for their distinct language dialect and cultural practices.
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E.
Second Mesa
Second Mesa is a Hopi community and geographic feature in northeastern Arizona known for its traditional villages and cultural significance within the Hopi Reservation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural region
ⓘ
geographic region ⓘ |
| archaeologicalCulture |
Jornada Mogollon
ⓘ
linked to:
Mogollon culture
Mimbres Mogollon ⓘ
linked to:
Mogollon culture
Reserve Mogollon ⓘ Upper Gila Mogollon ⓘ
linked to:
Mogollon region
|
| associatedWith |
Mogollon archaeological tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Mogollon culture
Mogollon culture ⓘ |
| borders |
Ancestral Puebloan region
ⓘ
Hohokam region ⓘ
linked to:
Hohokam culture
|
| characterizedBy |
agriculture based on maize
ⓘ
later above-ground masonry pueblos ⓘ mixed farming and foraging economy ⓘ semi-subterranean dwellings ⓘ small dispersed villages ⓘ |
| extendsInto |
Chihuahua
ⓘ
Sonora ⓘ eastern Arizona ⓘ southern New Mexico ⓘ western New Mexico ⓘ western Texas ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment |
canyons
ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ plateaus ⓘ semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| hasSubregion |
Forested Mogollon Highlands
ⓘ
Jornada Mogollon area ⓘ
linked to:
Mogollon region
Mimbres Valley ⓘ Upper Gila region ⓘ
linked to:
Gila River region
|
| knownFor |
brownware pottery
ⓘ
cliff dwellings ⓘ corrugated pottery ⓘ distinctive pottery ⓘ painted pottery ⓘ pit houses ⓘ pithouse villages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
American Southwest
ⓘ
linked to:
southwestern United States
northern Mexico ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Mexico
|
| namedAfter | Mogollon Mountains ⓘ |
| partOf |
Greater Southwest
ⓘ
Oasisamerica ⓘ |
| researchField | Southwestern archaeology ⓘ |
| significance | key area for understanding prehistoric cultural development in the Southwest ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Formative period of the North American Southwest ⓘ |
| timeSpan | approximately 200 CE to 1450 CE ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mogollon region Description of subject: The Mogollon region is a cultural and geographic area of the ancient American Southwest and northern Mexico associated with the Mogollon archaeological tradition, known for its distinctive pottery, pit houses, and cliff dwellings.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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