Sauls Mound
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Sauls Mound is the largest and most prominent earthwork at the Pinson Mounds complex in Tennessee, notable as one of the tallest Native American mounds in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sauls Mound canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10632133 — 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: Sauls Mound Context triple: [Pinson Mounds, hasPart, Sauls Mound]
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Foster Mound
Foster Mound is an archaeological site in Louisiana associated with the Plaquemine culture, known for its earthen platform mounds and evidence of late prehistoric Native American ceremonial and residential activities.
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B.
Eastern Mound
Eastern Mound is one of the large, ancient royal burial mounds at Gamla Uppsala in Sweden, traditionally associated with early Scandinavian kings and Iron Age elite burials.
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Western Mound
Western Mound is one of the large, ancient royal burial mounds at Gamla Uppsala in Sweden, associated with early Scandinavian kings and Iron Age elite burials.
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D.
Grave Creek Mound
Grave Creek Mound is a large prehistoric Adena burial mound and archaeological site located in present-day West Virginia, notable as one of the largest conical earthen mounds in North America.
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E.
Miamisburg Mound
Miamisburg Mound is a large prehistoric Adena culture burial mound in Miamisburg, Ohio, and one of the most prominent ancient earthworks in the eastern United States.
- 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: Sauls Mound Target entity description: Sauls Mound is the largest and most prominent earthwork at the Pinson Mounds complex in Tennessee, notable as one of the tallest Native American mounds in the United States.
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A.
Foster Mound
Foster Mound is an archaeological site in Louisiana associated with the Plaquemine culture, known for its earthen platform mounds and evidence of late prehistoric Native American ceremonial and residential activities.
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B.
Eastern Mound
Eastern Mound is one of the large, ancient royal burial mounds at Gamla Uppsala in Sweden, traditionally associated with early Scandinavian kings and Iron Age elite burials.
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C.
Western Mound
Western Mound is one of the large, ancient royal burial mounds at Gamla Uppsala in Sweden, associated with early Scandinavian kings and Iron Age elite burials.
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D.
Grave Creek Mound
Grave Creek Mound is a large prehistoric Adena burial mound and archaeological site located in present-day West Virginia, notable as one of the largest conical earthen mounds in North America.
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E.
Miamisburg Mound
Miamisburg Mound is a large prehistoric Adena culture burial mound in Miamisburg, Ohio, and one of the most prominent ancient earthworks in the eastern United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site feature
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platform mound ⓘ prehistoric earthwork ⓘ |
| access | visitor access via trails at Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park ⓘ |
| associatedCulture | prehistoric Native American cultures ⓘ |
| constructedFrom | earth ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| county | Madison County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalAttribution | Woodland period ⓘ |
| estimatedConstructionDate | circa 1–500 CE ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
ceremonial use (hypothesized)
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possible platform for structures ⓘ ritual use (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| height |
approximately 22 meters
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approximately 72 feet ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of a National Historic Landmark (Pinson Mounds) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Madison County, Tennessee
NERFINISHED
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Pinson Mounds NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| management | Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | local landowner Saul (traditional attribution) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the tallest Native American mounds in the United States
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being the largest earthwork at Pinson Mounds ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park
NERFINISHED
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Pinson Mounds complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shape | rectangular platform mound ⓘ |
| state | Tennessee ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Middle Woodland period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| withinProtectedArea | Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sauls Mound Description of subject: Sauls Mound is the largest and most prominent earthwork at the Pinson Mounds complex in Tennessee, notable as one of the tallest Native American mounds in the United States.
Referenced by (2)
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