Lake Jackson Mounds

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Mississippian culture site archaeological site prehistoric mound complex

Lake Jackson Mounds is a major Mississippian-period archaeological site in Florida, notable for its large platform mounds and rich ceremonial artifacts linked to the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lake Jackson Mounds canonical	2
Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park	1
Lake-Jackson-Mounds	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9158546 — 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: Lake Jackson Mounds
Context triple: [Southeastern Ceremonial Complex, associatedWithSite, Lake Jackson Mounds]

A. Kincaid Mounds
Kincaid Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Ohio River Valley, known for its large earthen platform mounds and role as a regional center of Mississippian culture.
B. Winterville Mounds
Winterville Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in Mississippi featuring large earthen platform mounds built by the Mississippian culture.
C. Spiro Mounds
Spiro Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in present-day Oklahoma, known for its large earthen mounds and role as a major ceremonial and trade center of the Mississippian culture.
D. Bottle Creek Mounds
Bottle Creek Mounds is a major Mississippian-period archaeological complex of earthen platform mounds located in the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta of Alabama, significant for understanding the precontact cultures of the Southeastern Woodlands.
E. Pinson Mounds
Pinson Mounds is a large Middle Woodland period Native American ceremonial mound complex in western Tennessee, notable for its impressive earthworks associated with the Hopewell cultural tradition.
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: Lake Jackson Mounds
Target entity description: Lake Jackson Mounds is a major Mississippian-period archaeological site in Florida, notable for its large platform mounds and rich ceremonial artifacts linked to the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex.

A. Kincaid Mounds
Kincaid Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Ohio River Valley, known for its large earthen platform mounds and role as a regional center of Mississippian culture.
B. Winterville Mounds
Winterville Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in Mississippi featuring large earthen platform mounds built by the Mississippian culture.
C. Spiro Mounds
Spiro Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in present-day Oklahoma, known for its large earthen mounds and role as a major ceremonial and trade center of the Mississippian culture.
D. Bottle Creek Mounds
Bottle Creek Mounds is a major Mississippian-period archaeological complex of earthen platform mounds located in the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta of Alabama, significant for understanding the precontact cultures of the Southeastern Woodlands.
E. Pinson Mounds
Pinson Mounds is a large Middle Woodland period Native American ceremonial mound complex in western Tennessee, notable for its impressive earthworks associated with the Hopewell cultural tradition.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mississippian culture site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ prehistoric mound complex ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavations	conducted in 20th century ⓘ
associatedWith	Fort Walton culture ⓘ Southeastern Ceremonial Complex ⓘ linked to: southeastern ceremonial complex
culture	Mississippian culture ⓘ
currentUse	recreation and education ⓘ
designation	Florida state park ⓘ
elevationType	earthen platform mounds ⓘ
flourished	circa 1200–1500 CE ⓘ
function	political center ⓘ regional ceremonial center ⓘ residential center for elites ⓘ
governingBody	Florida Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ
hasActivity	birdwatching ⓘ hiking ⓘ historical interpretation ⓘ
hasArtifactType	burial goods ⓘ ceramic vessels ⓘ copper plates ⓘ shell gorgets ⓘ stone tools ⓘ
hasPart	burial mounds ⓘ platform mounds ⓘ plaza ⓘ village area ⓘ
hasTrail	interpretive trails ⓘ nature trails ⓘ
hasView	overlooks Lake Jackson ⓘ
locatedIn	Florida ⓘ Leon County, Florida ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
locatedNear	Tallahassee, Florida ⓘ linked to: Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
locatedOn	shore of Lake Jackson ⓘ
notableFeature	Southeastern Ceremonial Complex artifacts ⓘ linked to: southeastern ceremonial complex large platform mounds ⓘ rich ceremonial artifacts ⓘ
numberOfMounds	at least six mounds originally ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
partOf	Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park ⓘ linked to: Lake Jackson Mounds
region	Southeastern United States ⓘ linked to: Southern United States
significance	key site for understanding Fort Walton culture ⓘ one of the most important Mississippian sites in Florida ⓘ
timePeriod	circa 1050–1500 CE ⓘ
usedFor	ceremonial activities ⓘ elite burials ⓘ political gatherings ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Southeastern Ceremonial Complex → associatedWithSite → Lake Jackson Mounds ⓘ

subject linked to: southeastern ceremonial complex

Southern Cult → foundAtSite → Lake Jackson Mounds ⓘ

S.E.C.C. → archaeologicallyIdentifiedAt → Lake-Jackson-Mounds ⓘ

linked to: Lake Jackson Mounds

Lake Jackson Mounds → partOf → Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park ⓘ