Guila Naquitz cave
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Guilá Naquitz cave is an important archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico, known for some of the earliest evidence of plant domestication and early human occupation in the Americas.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Guila Naquitz cave Context triple: [Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca, contains, Guila Naquitz cave]
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A.
Cueva de la Vaca
Cueva de la Vaca is a popular adventure cave near San Gil, Colombia, known for its underground rivers, narrow passages, and guided spelunking tours.
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B.
Lechuguilla Cave
Lechuguilla Cave is a renowned and highly protected limestone cave in New Mexico, famous for its great depth, extensive passages, and rare, delicate mineral formations.
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C.
Cueva del Indio
Cueva del Indio is a popular cave and adventure tourism site near San Gil, Colombia, known for its underground rivers, rock formations, and activities like spelunking and rafting.
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D.
Cueva del Indio
Cueva del Indio is a popular limestone cave and river system in Cuba known for its impressive stalactites, underground boat tours, and appeal as a major ecotourism destination.
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E.
Tecopa Cavern
Tecopa Cavern is one of the limestone caves within the Mitchell Caverns system in California’s Mojave Desert, noted for its geological formations and desert karst features.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Guila Naquitz cave Target entity description: Guilá Naquitz cave is an important archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico, known for some of the earliest evidence of plant domestication and early human occupation in the Americas.
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A.
Cueva de la Vaca
Cueva de la Vaca is a popular adventure cave near San Gil, Colombia, known for its underground rivers, narrow passages, and guided spelunking tours.
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B.
Lechuguilla Cave
Lechuguilla Cave is a renowned and highly protected limestone cave in New Mexico, famous for its great depth, extensive passages, and rare, delicate mineral formations.
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C.
Cueva del Indio
Cueva del Indio is a popular cave and adventure tourism site near San Gil, Colombia, known for its underground rivers, rock formations, and activities like spelunking and rafting.
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D.
Cueva del Indio
Cueva del Indio is a popular limestone cave and river system in Cuba known for its impressive stalactites, underground boat tours, and appeal as a major ecotourism destination.
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E.
Tecopa Cavern
Tecopa Cavern is one of the limestone caves within the Mitchell Caverns system in California’s Mojave Desert, noted for its geological formations and desert karst features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
archaeological site
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cave ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
early Mesoamerican horticulture
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mobile hunter-gatherer groups ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culturalPeriod | Archaic period in Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| earliestOccupationDate | circa 10,750 BCE ⓘ |
| environment | semi-arid highland valley ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Kent V. Flannery ⓘ |
| excavationMethod | stratigraphic excavation ⓘ |
| excavationStartDate | 1960s ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceOf |
early agriculture
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food storage pits ⓘ plant gathering ⓘ seasonal hunter-gatherer occupation ⓘ stone tools ⓘ |
| hasFind |
animal bones
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bottle gourd remains ⓘ charred plant remains ⓘ hearths ⓘ lithic artifacts ⓘ maize remains ⓘ squash seeds ⓘ storage features ⓘ |
| hasProtectionStatus | archaeological heritage site of Mexico ⓘ |
| hasStratigraphy | multiple occupation layers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early domestication of bottle gourd
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early domestication of squash ⓘ early evidence of plant domestication ⓘ early human occupation in the Americas ⓘ early use of maize ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | Zapotec ⓘ |
| latestArchaicOccupationDate | circa 8,900 BCE ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Oaxaca
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Sierra Juárez ⓘ Tlacolula de Matamoros Municipality ⓘ
linked to:
Tlacolula de Matamoros
Valley of Oaxaca ⓘ
linked to:
Oaxaca Valley
southern Mexico ⓘ |
| material | limestone ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | White Cliff (approximate translation from Zapotec) ⓘ |
| region | Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| significance |
evidence for early domestication of Cucurbita pepo
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evidence for transition from foraging to farming ⓘ key site for understanding origins of agriculture in Mesoamerica ⓘ |
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Subject: Guila Naquitz cave Description of subject: Guilá Naquitz cave is an important archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico, known for some of the earliest evidence of plant domestication and early human occupation in the Americas.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca
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contains
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Guila Naquitz cave
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