Dent site
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Dent site is a significant Paleoindian archaeological location in Colorado known for yielding Clovis culture artifacts and mammoth remains.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dent site canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9158749 — 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: Dent site Context triple: [Clovis culture, archaeologicalSite, Dent site]
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Dent
Dent is a surname most prominently associated with Richard Dent, a Hall of Fame former NFL defensive end for the Chicago Bears.
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B.
Muldental
Muldental is the valley region surrounding the Mulde River in Germany, known for its scenic landscapes and small towns.
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Odontography
Odontography is a seminal 19th-century scientific work by Richard Owen that systematically studies and classifies the teeth of vertebrates.
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D.
Zahniser
Zahniser is a surname most notably associated with Howard Zahniser, the American environmentalist and principal author of the U.S. Wilderness Act.
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E.
Dent Blanche
Dent Blanche is a prominent, pyramid-shaped mountain in the Swiss Pennine Alps, renowned for its striking appearance and challenging alpine climbs.
- 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: Dent site Target entity description: Dent site is a significant Paleoindian archaeological location in Colorado known for yielding Clovis culture artifacts and mammoth remains.
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A.
Dent
Dent is a surname most prominently associated with Richard Dent, a Hall of Fame former NFL defensive end for the Chicago Bears.
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B.
Muldental
Muldental is the valley region surrounding the Mulde River in Germany, known for its scenic landscapes and small towns.
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C.
Odontography
Odontography is a seminal 19th-century scientific work by Richard Owen that systematically studies and classifies the teeth of vertebrates.
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D.
Zahniser
Zahniser is a surname most notably associated with Howard Zahniser, the American environmentalist and principal author of the U.S. Wilderness Act.
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E.
Dent Blanche
Dent Blanche is a prominent, pyramid-shaped mountain in the Swiss Pennine Alps, renowned for its striking appearance and challenging alpine climbs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Clovis culture site
ⓘ
Paleoindian site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Paleoindian big-game hunting debate
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peopling of the Americas research ⓘ |
| category |
Clovis archaeological sites
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Paleoindian archaeological sites in Colorado ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| culture | Clovis culture ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Harold J. Cook ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 1932 ⓘ |
| environment | fossil alluvial fan setting ⓘ |
| estimatedAge | approximately 11,000–11,500 years before present ⓘ |
| evidenceFor |
Paleoindian mammoth hunting
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human modification of megafauna bones ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
E. B. Renaud
ⓘ
Frank H. H. Roberts Jr. ⓘ |
| faunalRemains |
Columbian mammoth
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linked to:
Mammoth
|
| hasArchaeologicalFind |
Clovis projectile points
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linked to:
Clovis culture
bone tools ⓘ butchered mammoth remains ⓘ mammoth bones ⓘ stone tools ⓘ |
| hasReference | Smithsonian Institution studies of Clovis sites ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Clovis culture artifacts
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association of Clovis points with mammoth bones ⓘ early evidence of big-game hunting in North America ⓘ mammoth remains ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
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Weld County, Colorado ⓘ |
| management | subject to archaeological protection laws in Colorado ⓘ |
| near | town of Dent, Colorado ⓘ |
| partOf | Great Plains ⓘ |
| significance |
helped establish antiquity of human occupation in North America
ⓘ
key reference site for Clovis technology ⓘ |
| stratigraphy | Pleistocene alluvial deposits ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Late Pleistocene ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dent site Description of subject: Dent site is a significant Paleoindian archaeological location in Colorado known for yielding Clovis culture artifacts and mammoth remains.
Referenced by (1)
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