Ozette archaeological site

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archaeological site prehistoric village site

The Ozette archaeological site is a well-preserved Makah village on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, famous for its waterlogged wooden artifacts and insights into pre-contact Northwest Coast Indigenous life.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Ozette archaeological site canonical	2
Ozette, Washington	2
Ozette	1
Ozette Indian Village Archaeological Site	1
Ozette archaeological collection	1
Ozette area of Olympic National Park	1
Ozette village archaeological site	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9865638 — 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: Ozette archaeological site
Context triple: [Ozette Lake, hasArchaeologicalSite, Ozette archaeological site]

A. Grand Mound, Washington
Grand Mound, Washington is a small unincorporated community in western Washington State known for its location along Interstate 5 and proximity to the cities of Olympia and Centralia.
B. Celilo Falls site
The Celilo Falls site is the historically significant location on the Columbia River where Celilo Falls once served as a major Indigenous fishing and trading center before being submerged by dam construction.
C. Olympia archaeological site
The Olympia archaeological site is an ancient sanctuary in Greece that served as the birthplace of the Olympic Games and a major religious center dedicated primarily to Zeus and Hera.
D. Emeryville Shellmound
Emeryville Shellmound is an ancient Ohlone archaeological and burial site in present-day Emeryville, California, once consisting of a massive shell and refuse mound that held deep cultural and spiritual significance.
E. Town of Kahlotus, Washington
The Town of Kahlotus is a small rural municipality in southeastern Washington State known for its agricultural surroundings and proximity to the Snake River.
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: Ozette archaeological site
Target entity description: The Ozette archaeological site is a well-preserved Makah village on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, famous for its waterlogged wooden artifacts and insights into pre-contact Northwest Coast Indigenous life.

A. Grand Mound, Washington
Grand Mound, Washington is a small unincorporated community in western Washington State known for its location along Interstate 5 and proximity to the cities of Olympia and Centralia.
B. Celilo Falls site
The Celilo Falls site is the historically significant location on the Columbia River where Celilo Falls once served as a major Indigenous fishing and trading center before being submerged by dam construction.
C. Olympia archaeological site
The Olympia archaeological site is an ancient sanctuary in Greece that served as the birthplace of the Olympic Games and a major religious center dedicated primarily to Zeus and Hera.
D. Emeryville Shellmound
Emeryville Shellmound is an ancient Ohlone archaeological and burial site in present-day Emeryville, California, once consisting of a massive shell and refuse mound that held deep cultural and spiritual significance.
E. Town of Kahlotus, Washington
The Town of Kahlotus is a small rural municipality in southeastern Washington State known for its agricultural surroundings and proximity to the Snake River.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ prehistoric village site ⓘ
artifactsHousedAt	Makah Cultural and Research Center in Neah Bay ⓘ linked to: Makah Cultural and Research Center
associatedWith	Makah people ⓘ
culture	Makah ⓘ
discoveredBy	Makah residents who reported finds to archaeologists ⓘ
event	partially buried by a massive mudslide centuries ago ⓘ
excavatedBy	Washington State University ⓘ archaeologist Richard Daugherty ⓘ
excavationEndDate	1981 ⓘ
excavationMethod	wet-site excavation techniques ⓘ
excavationStartDate	1966 ⓘ
function	fishing and sealing base ⓘ whaling community ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFeature	basketry ⓘ canoe-related artifacts ⓘ fish hooks and harpoons ⓘ food remains including fish and marine mammals ⓘ house posts ⓘ plank longhouses ⓘ stone tools ⓘ storage pits ⓘ whale-bone artifacts ⓘ wooden tools ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	1970s ⓘ
influenced	interpretations of Northwest Coast social organization ⓘ museum exhibits on Makah culture ⓘ
interpretedAs	large permanent Makah village ⓘ
knownFor	exceptional preservation of wooden artifacts ⓘ insights into pre-contact Northwest Coast Indigenous life ⓘ large collection of whaling-related artifacts ⓘ waterlogged archaeological deposits ⓘ well-preserved longhouse remains ⓘ
locatedIn	Clallam County, Washington ⓘ Olympic Peninsula ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America Washington (state) ⓘ linked to: Washington
locatedNear	Ozette Lake ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
managedBy	Makah Tribe ⓘ linked to: Makah people
partOf	traditional territory of the Makah Nation ⓘ
preservationType	waterlogged anaerobic conditions ⓘ
region	Northwest Coast of North America ⓘ linked to: Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
relatedTo	Makah Cultural and Research Center ⓘ Makah Reservation ⓘ
researchImportance	benchmark for wet-site excavation methods ⓘ key site for Northwest Coast archaeology ⓘ
timePeriod	circa 1500–1700 CE (main occupation) ⓘ late pre-contact period ⓘ

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