Arlington Springs Man site
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The Arlington Springs Man site is a significant Paleoindian archaeological locality on Santa Rosa Island in California, where some of the oldest known human remains in North America were discovered.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arlington Springs Man site canonical | 2 |
| Arlington Springs Man | 1 |
| Arlington Springs site | 1 |
| Folsom site | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T798875 — 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: Arlington Springs Man site Context triple: [Santa Rosa Island, hasArchaeologicalSite, Arlington Springs Man site]
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A.
Fossil Bluff
Fossil Bluff is a British Antarctic Survey research station on Alexander Island in Antarctica, primarily used as a logistics and refuelling hub for scientific field operations.
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B.
La Venta
La Venta is an important ancient Olmec archaeological site in present-day Tabasco, Mexico, known for its colossal stone heads and early Mesoamerican ceremonial architecture.
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C.
Mound City
Mound City is a historical nickname for St. Louis, Missouri, referencing the region’s ancient Native American earthwork mounds.
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D.
Circular Mound Altar
The Circular Mound Altar is an open-air, multi-tiered marble platform in Beijing where Ming and Qing dynasty emperors conducted solemn winter solstice ceremonies to worship Heaven.
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E.
La Brea Tar Pits
La Brea Tar Pits is a famous Ice Age fossil site and natural asphalt seep in Los Angeles known for its exceptionally well-preserved prehistoric animal remains.
- 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: Arlington Springs Man site Target entity description: The Arlington Springs Man site is a significant Paleoindian archaeological locality on Santa Rosa Island in California, where some of the oldest known human remains in North America were discovered.
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A.
Fossil Bluff
Fossil Bluff is a British Antarctic Survey research station on Alexander Island in Antarctica, primarily used as a logistics and refuelling hub for scientific field operations.
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B.
La Venta
La Venta is an important ancient Olmec archaeological site in present-day Tabasco, Mexico, known for its colossal stone heads and early Mesoamerican ceremonial architecture.
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C.
Mound City
Mound City is a historical nickname for St. Louis, Missouri, referencing the region’s ancient Native American earthwork mounds.
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D.
Circular Mound Altar
The Circular Mound Altar is an open-air, multi-tiered marble platform in Beijing where Ming and Qing dynasty emperors conducted solemn winter solstice ceremonies to worship Heaven.
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E.
La Brea Tar Pits
La Brea Tar Pits is a famous Ice Age fossil site and natural asphalt seep in Los Angeles known for its exceptionally well-preserved prehistoric animal remains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Paleoindian site
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archaeological site ⓘ prehistoric human remains site ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Paleoindian settlement of the Americas
ⓘ
early Holocene coastal environments ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| datingMethodUsed | radiocarbon dating ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Phil C. Orr ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| estimatedAge |
Late Pleistocene
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approximately 13,000 years before present ⓘ |
| geologicalPeriod | Pleistocene ⓘ |
| hasAccessRestriction | protected archaeological locality with restricted access ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalCulture | Paleoindian ⓘ |
| hasDiscovery |
Arlington Springs Man remains
ⓘ
Arlington Springs Woman remains ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceOf |
early coastal migration into the Americas
ⓘ
maritime-adapted hunter-gatherers ⓘ |
| hasGenderInterpretation |
initially interpreted as male
ⓘ
later reinterpreted as possibly female (Arlington Springs Woman) ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named after Arlington Canyon on Santa Rosa Island ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfRemains |
fragmentary bones
ⓘ
human skeletal remains ⓘ |
| isOneOf | oldest securely dated human skeletal sites in North America ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Channel Islands ⓘ Santa Barbara County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Santa Barbara County
Santa Rosa Island ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedOn | former landmass of Santarosae Island ⓘ |
| partOf | Channel Islands National Park ⓘ |
| protectedAreaStatus | within a U.S. national park ⓘ |
| researchInstitutionInvolved |
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
ⓘ
University of California, Santa Barbara ⓘ |
| significance |
contains some of the oldest known human remains in North America
ⓘ
evidence for early human occupation of the Channel Islands ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
archaeological research on early peopling of the Americas
ⓘ
studies of early coastal migration routes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Arlington Springs Man site Description of subject: The Arlington Springs Man site is a significant Paleoindian archaeological locality on Santa Rosa Island in California, where some of the oldest known human remains in North America were discovered.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Arlington Springs Man site
linked to: Arlington Springs Man site
linked to: Arlington Springs Man site