Aurignacian
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The Aurignacian was an early Upper Paleolithic culture in Europe, associated with some of the earliest modern humans and known for its advanced stone tools, bone artifacts, and figurative cave art.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aurignacian canonical | 10 |
| Aurignacian culture | 2 |
| European Upper Paleolithic art | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12743895 — 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: Aurignacian Context triple: [Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave, hasCulture, Aurignacian]
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Gravettian
Gravettian is an Upper Paleolithic archaeological culture in Europe, known for its distinctive stone tools, cave art, and Venus figurines dating roughly from 33,000 to 21,000 years ago.
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Magdalenian
Magdalenian refers to a late Upper Paleolithic culture in Western Europe, known for its sophisticated cave art, bone and antler tools, and hunter-gatherer lifestyle near the end of the last Ice Age.
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Upper Palaeolithic
The Upper Palaeolithic is the final phase of the Old Stone Age, marked by advanced stone tools, cave art, and the widespread presence of anatomically modern humans across Eurasia.
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Solutrean archaeological culture
The Solutrean archaeological culture was an Upper Paleolithic society in western Europe, distinguished by its finely crafted, leaf-shaped stone points and advanced flint-knapping techniques.
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Mousterian stone tool industry
The Mousterian stone tool industry was a Middle Paleolithic technological tradition characterized by sophisticated flake tools and prepared-core techniques, most closely associated with Neanderthals in Europe and Western Asia.
- 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: Aurignacian Target entity description: The Aurignacian was an early Upper Paleolithic culture in Europe, associated with some of the earliest modern humans and known for its advanced stone tools, bone artifacts, and figurative cave art.
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A.
Gravettian
Gravettian is an Upper Paleolithic archaeological culture in Europe, known for its distinctive stone tools, cave art, and Venus figurines dating roughly from 33,000 to 21,000 years ago.
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B.
Magdalenian
Magdalenian refers to a late Upper Paleolithic culture in Western Europe, known for its sophisticated cave art, bone and antler tools, and hunter-gatherer lifestyle near the end of the last Ice Age.
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C.
Upper Palaeolithic
The Upper Palaeolithic is the final phase of the Old Stone Age, marked by advanced stone tools, cave art, and the widespread presence of anatomically modern humans across Eurasia.
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D.
Solutrean archaeological culture
The Solutrean archaeological culture was an Upper Paleolithic society in western Europe, distinguished by its finely crafted, leaf-shaped stone points and advanced flint-knapping techniques.
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E.
Mousterian stone tool industry
The Mousterian stone tool industry was a Middle Paleolithic technological tradition characterized by sophisticated flake tools and prepared-core techniques, most closely associated with Neanderthals in Europe and Western Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Aurignacian
subject linked to:
Caverne du Pont-d'Arc (area)
linked to: Aurignacian
linked to: Aurignacian