El Paraíso (Peru)
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El Paraíso (Peru) is an ancient preceramic archaeological complex near Lima, notable as one of the earliest large-scale monumental centers in the central Andes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| El Paraíso (Peru) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12962162 — 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: El Paraíso (Peru) Context triple: [Formative Period in the Andes, hasNotableSite, El Paraíso (Peru)]
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A.
Pasco, Peru
Pasco, Peru is a city in central Peru known for its high-altitude location in the Andes and its historical ties to mining and regional commerce.
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B.
Bagua, Peru
Bagua is a town in northern Peru’s Amazonas region, known as a commercial and transport hub near the Marañón River and the Andean–Amazonian transition zone.
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C.
Tumbes
Tumbes is a coastal city in northwestern Peru near the border with Ecuador, known for its mangrove forests and tropical climate.
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D.
Cono Oeste of Lima
Cono Oeste of Lima is a western metropolitan sector of Peru’s capital that groups several coastal and urban districts, including San Miguel, for planning and administrative purposes.
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E.
Jaén, Peru
Jaén, Peru is a city in northern Peru’s Cajamarca region known as a commercial and agricultural hub in the Marañón River valley.
- 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: El Paraíso (Peru) Target entity description: El Paraíso (Peru) is an ancient preceramic archaeological complex near Lima, notable as one of the earliest large-scale monumental centers in the central Andes.
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A.
Pasco, Peru
Pasco, Peru is a city in central Peru known for its high-altitude location in the Andes and its historical ties to mining and regional commerce.
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B.
Bagua, Peru
Bagua is a town in northern Peru’s Amazonas region, known as a commercial and transport hub near the Marañón River and the Andean–Amazonian transition zone.
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C.
Tumbes
Tumbes is a coastal city in northwestern Peru near the border with Ecuador, known for its mangrove forests and tropical climate.
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D.
Cono Oeste of Lima
Cono Oeste of Lima is a western metropolitan sector of Peru’s capital that groups several coastal and urban districts, including San Miguel, for planning and administrative purposes.
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E.
Jaén, Peru
Jaén, Peru is a city in northern Peru’s Cajamarca region known as a commercial and agricultural hub in the Marañón River valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient settlement
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archaeological site ⓘ monumental architectural complex ⓘ preceramic site ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture |
early Andean civilization
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preceramic coastal societies ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
Caral
NERFINISHED
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other early Andean monumental centers ⓘ |
| country | Peru ⓘ |
| culturePeriod |
Late Archaic Period
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Preceramic Period ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Louis Stumer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| earliestOccupation | c. 3000 BCE ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
cotton cultivation
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fishing ⓘ gourd cultivation ⓘ incipient agriculture ⓘ marine resource exploitation ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Frederic Engel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jeffrey Quilter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
ceremonial center
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residential center ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceOf |
organized construction projects
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planned architectural layout ⓘ ritual activities ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central plaza areas
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complex of multiple architectural units ⓘ domestic sectors ⓘ large platform mounds ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ possible ceremonial structures ⓘ stone and adobe constructions ⓘ sunken courts ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important preceramic site of Peru ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chillón River valley
NERFINISHED
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Lima Region ⓘ central coast of Peru ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Chillón River
NERFINISHED
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Lima NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| mainOccupation | c. 2500–1800 BCE ⓘ |
| materialCulture |
absence of pottery
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plant remains ⓘ stone tools ⓘ textile remains ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the earliest large-scale monumental centers in the central Andes
ⓘ
evidence of early complex social organization ⓘ large-scale labor mobilization in preceramic times ⓘ |
| region | central Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surveyedBy | Frederic Engel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: El Paraíso (Peru) Description of subject: El Paraíso (Peru) is an ancient preceramic archaeological complex near Lima, notable as one of the earliest large-scale monumental centers in the central Andes.
Referenced by (1)
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