Tom D. Dillehay

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anthropologist archaeologist person

Tom D. Dillehay is an American archaeologist best known for his pioneering research on early human settlement in the Americas, particularly through his work at the Monte Verde site in Chile.

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Label	Occurrences
Tom D. Dillehay canonical	2

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9158883 — 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.

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Target entity: Tom D. Dillehay
Context triple: [Monte Verde, excavatedBy, Tom D. Dillehay]

A. Michael D. Coe
Michael D. Coe was an influential American archaeologist and anthropologist renowned for his pioneering research on Mesoamerican civilizations, particularly the Olmec and the Maya.
B. Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer is an American archaeologist and Indus Valley Civilization specialist known for his extensive research and leadership in excavations at the ancient city of Harappa in present-day Pakistan.
C. Brian Fagan
Brian Fagan is a British-born archaeologist and prolific author known for his popular books on ancient civilizations, climate history, and the human past.
D. Carl Blegen
Carl Blegen was an American archaeologist renowned for his influential excavations at Troy and Pylos, which significantly advanced the study of Bronze Age Greece.
E. Edwin G. Pulleyblank
Edwin G. Pulleyblank was a prominent Canadian sinologist and historical linguist known for his influential reconstructions of Middle Chinese phonology and major contributions to the study of Chinese historical linguistics.
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: Tom D. Dillehay
Target entity description: Tom D. Dillehay is an American archaeologist best known for his pioneering research on early human settlement in the Americas, particularly through his work at the Monte Verde site in Chile.

A. Michael D. Coe
Michael D. Coe was an influential American archaeologist and anthropologist renowned for his pioneering research on Mesoamerican civilizations, particularly the Olmec and the Maya.
B. Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer is an American archaeologist and Indus Valley Civilization specialist known for his extensive research and leadership in excavations at the ancient city of Harappa in present-day Pakistan.
C. Brian Fagan
Brian Fagan is a British-born archaeologist and prolific author known for his popular books on ancient civilizations, climate history, and the human past.
D. Carl Blegen
Carl Blegen was an American archaeologist renowned for his influential excavations at Troy and Pylos, which significantly advanced the study of Bronze Age Greece.
E. Edwin G. Pulleyblank
Edwin G. Pulleyblank was a prominent Canadian sinologist and historical linguist known for his influential reconstructions of Middle Chinese phonology and major contributions to the study of Chinese historical linguistics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anthropologist ⓘ archaeologist ⓘ person ⓘ
areaOfActivity	Andes ⓘ Latin America ⓘ Southern Cone of South America ⓘ linked to: Southern Cone
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Kentucky ⓘ University of Texas at Austin ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Paleoindian archaeology ⓘ South American archaeology ⓘ anthropology ⓘ archaeology ⓘ early human settlement of the Americas ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasAcademicEmployer	Catholic University of Peru ⓘ linked to: Pontifical Catholic University of Peru University of Kentucky ⓘ Vanderbilt University ⓘ
hasPublicationType	edited volume ⓘ journal article ⓘ scholarly monograph ⓘ
hasReceived	professional recognition for Monte Verde research ⓘ
influenced	acceptance of pre-Clovis archaeological sites ⓘ debates on the timing of human arrival in the Americas ⓘ
knownFor	challenging the Clovis-first model of American colonization ⓘ demonstrating pre-Clovis human occupation at Monte Verde ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
mainWork	Monte Verde: A Late Pleistocene Settlement in Chile ⓘ linked to: Monte Verde site Monuments, Empires, and Resistance: The Araucanian Polity and Ritual Narratives ⓘ The Settlement of the Americas: A New Prehistory ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableFor	excavations at Monte Verde, Chile ⓘ research on early human settlement in the Americas ⓘ
notableWorkSite	Monte Verde archaeological site ⓘ linked to: Monte Verde site sites in the Andean region ⓘ
occupation	researcher ⓘ university professor ⓘ
positionHeld	professor of anthropology ⓘ professor of archaeology ⓘ
researchInterest	Pleistocene archaeology ⓘ archaeological method and theory ⓘ hunter-gatherer societies ⓘ indigenous peoples of South America ⓘ
workLocation	Chile ⓘ Peru ⓘ United States of America ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Monte Verde → excavatedBy → Tom D. Dillehay ⓘ

subject linked to: Monte Verde site

Monte Verde → researchLedBy → Tom D. Dillehay ⓘ