Agate Basin complex
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The Agate Basin complex is an early Paleoindian archaeological culture of the North American Great Plains, best known for its distinctive lanceolate stone projectile points and bison-hunting adaptations.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Agate Basin complex canonical | 2 |
| Agate Basin site | 2 |
| Agate Basin area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9158789 — 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: Agate Basin complex Context triple: [Plano cultures, hasSubgroup, Agate Basin complex]
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A.
Mineral Basin
Mineral Basin is a popular high-alpine bowl at Snowbird Ski Resort known for its expansive terrain and scenic backcountry-style skiing.
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B.
Barberton Greenstone Belt
The Barberton Greenstone Belt is one of the oldest and best-preserved pieces of Earth’s early continental crust, renowned for its Archean volcanic and sedimentary rocks that provide key evidence about the planet’s early geological and biological history.
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C.
Enchanted Rock batholith
The Enchanted Rock batholith is a massive Precambrian granite dome complex in central Texas, renowned for its striking pink granite outcrops and significance in both geology and local cultural history.
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D.
The Petrified Forest
The Petrified Forest is a 1935 stage play by Robert E. Sherwood that blends romantic drama and social commentary, best known for its tense desert-roadside setting and its role in launching Humphrey Bogart to stardom in its film adaptation.
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E.
Mono-Inyo Craters
Mono-Inyo Craters is a volcanic chain in eastern California composed of lava domes, craters, and fissures formed by relatively recent eruptions along the eastern Sierra Nevada.
- 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: Agate Basin complex Target entity description: The Agate Basin complex is an early Paleoindian archaeological culture of the North American Great Plains, best known for its distinctive lanceolate stone projectile points and bison-hunting adaptations.
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A.
Mineral Basin
Mineral Basin is a popular high-alpine bowl at Snowbird Ski Resort known for its expansive terrain and scenic backcountry-style skiing.
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B.
Barberton Greenstone Belt
The Barberton Greenstone Belt is one of the oldest and best-preserved pieces of Earth’s early continental crust, renowned for its Archean volcanic and sedimentary rocks that provide key evidence about the planet’s early geological and biological history.
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C.
Enchanted Rock batholith
The Enchanted Rock batholith is a massive Precambrian granite dome complex in central Texas, renowned for its striking pink granite outcrops and significance in both geology and local cultural history.
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D.
The Petrified Forest
The Petrified Forest is a 1935 stage play by Robert E. Sherwood that blends romantic drama and social commentary, best known for its tense desert-roadside setting and its role in launching Humphrey Bogart to stardom in its film adaptation.
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E.
Mono-Inyo Craters
Mono-Inyo Craters is a volcanic chain in eastern California composed of lava domes, craters, and fissures formed by relatively recent eruptions along the eastern Sierra Nevada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Paleoindian archaeological culture
ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ |
| associatedWithFauna |
Bison antiquus
ⓘ
Pleistocene bison ⓘ |
| associatedWithSettlementPattern | high-mobility hunter-gatherers ⓘ |
| associatedWithSubsistence |
bison hunting
ⓘ
large-game hunting ⓘ |
| associatedWithTimePeriod |
Late Pleistocene
ⓘ
early Holocene ⓘ terminal Pleistocene ⓘ |
| associatedWithToolType |
bifacial knives
ⓘ
end scrapers ⓘ flake tools ⓘ gravers ⓘ side scrapers ⓘ |
| chronologicallyRelatedTo |
Cody complex
ⓘ
Folsom complex ⓘ Hell Gap complex ⓘ |
| culturePeriod | early Paleoindian ⓘ |
| follows | Folsom complex ⓘ |
| foundInStateOrProvince |
Alberta
ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ Montana ⓘ North Dakota ⓘ Saskatchewan ⓘ South Dakota ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ |
| hasApproxCalendarAgeRange | approximately 12,600–11,200 cal BP ⓘ |
| hasBaseShape |
slightly concave base
ⓘ
straight base ⓘ |
| hasDiagnosticArtifact |
Agate Basin projectile point
ⓘ
lanceolate projectile point ⓘ unfluted lanceolate point ⓘ |
| hasHaftElement | ground basal edges ⓘ |
| hasRadiocarbonAgeRange | approximately 10,500–10,000 radiocarbon years BP ⓘ |
| hasTechnologyFeature |
basal grinding
ⓘ
bifacial thinning ⓘ careful edge retouch ⓘ parallel-oblique flaking ⓘ |
| hasTypeSite |
Agate Basin site
ⓘ
linked to:
Agate Basin complex
|
| locatedInCountry |
Canada
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedInRegion |
High Plains
ⓘ
linked to:
High Plains region
North American Great Plains ⓘ
linked to:
Great Plains
|
| namedAfter |
Agate Basin site
ⓘ
linked to:
Agate Basin complex
|
| precedes | Hell Gap complex ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
North American archaeology
ⓘ
Paleoindian archaeology ⓘ |
| typeSiteLocatedIn |
Wyoming
ⓘ
eastern Wyoming ⓘ |
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Subject: Agate Basin complex Description of subject: The Agate Basin complex is an early Paleoindian archaeological culture of the North American Great Plains, best known for its distinctive lanceolate stone projectile points and bison-hunting adaptations.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Agate Basin complex