Sipán

E134084

archaeological site

Sipán is an important archaeological site in northern Peru renowned for its richly furnished Moche tombs, including that of the Lord of Sipán.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Sipán canonical	2
Priest of Sipán	1
Royal Tombs of Sipán	1
tomb of the Lord of Sipán	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1111258 — 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: Sipán
Context triple: [Moche culture, majorSite, Sipán]

A. Moche Valley
The Moche Valley is a fertile coastal river valley in northern Peru known as the heartland of the ancient Moche civilization and its monumental adobe pyramids.
B. Chavín de Huántar
Chavín de Huántar is an ancient ceremonial and archaeological site in the Peruvian Andes that served as the religious and cultural center of the Chavín civilization.
C. 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.
D. Norte Chico of Chile
Norte Chico of Chile is a semi-arid, sparsely populated region in north-central Chile known for its valleys, agriculture, and transitional landscape between the Atacama Desert and the country’s more fertile central zone.
E. Caral
Caral is an ancient pre-Columbian city in Peru, considered one of the oldest urban centers in the Americas and a key site of the Norte Chico civilization.
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: Sipán
Target entity description: Sipán is an important archaeological site in northern Peru renowned for its richly furnished Moche tombs, including that of the Lord of Sipán.

A. Moche Valley
The Moche Valley is a fertile coastal river valley in northern Peru known as the heartland of the ancient Moche civilization and its monumental adobe pyramids.
B. Chavín de Huántar
Chavín de Huántar is an ancient ceremonial and archaeological site in the Peruvian Andes that served as the religious and cultural center of the Chavín civilization.
C. 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.
D. Norte Chico of Chile
Norte Chico of Chile is a semi-arid, sparsely populated region in north-central Chile known for its valleys, agriculture, and transitional landscape between the Atacama Desert and the country’s more fertile central zone.
E. Caral
Caral is an ancient pre-Columbian city in Peru, considered one of the oldest urban centers in the Americas and a key site of the Norte Chico civilization.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ
artifactsFound	ceramic vessels ⓘ ceremonial jewelry ⓘ copper artifacts ⓘ gold ornaments ⓘ silver ornaments ⓘ textiles ⓘ
associatedWith	Museo Tumbas Reales de Sipán ⓘ
burialType	elite tomb complex ⓘ
civilization	Moche culture ⓘ surface form: Moche civilization
country	Peru ⓘ
culture	Moche culture ⓘ
discoveryYear	1987 ⓘ
evidenceFor	Moche funerary rituals ⓘ Moche political hierarchy ⓘ Moche religious practices ⓘ
excavatedBy	Susana Meneses ⓘ Walter Alva ⓘ
governingBody	Peruvian Ministry of Culture ⓘ
hasDiscovery	Lord of Sipán ⓘ surface form: Lord of Sipán tomb
hasFeature	funerary chambers ⓘ platform mounds ⓘ pyramidal adobe structures ⓘ
hasTomb	Lord of Sipán ⓘ Lord of Sipán ⓘ surface form: Old Lord of Sipán Sipán self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Priest of Sipán multiple elite Moche burials ⓘ
heritageStatus	important cultural heritage site of Peru ⓘ
knownFor	richly furnished Moche tombs ⓘ Sipán self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: tomb of the Lord of Sipán
languageOfName	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Lambayeque Region ⓘ northern Peru ⓘ
locatedOn	north coast of Peru ⓘ
nameOrigin	named after nearby modern town of Sipán ⓘ
near	Chiclayo ⓘ surface form: city of Chiclayo town of Sipán ⓘ
partOf	Moche culture ⓘ surface form: Moche archaeological tradition
protectionStatus	protected archaeological zone ⓘ
region	Lambayeque culture ⓘ surface form: Jequetepeque–Lambayeque cultural area
researchField	Andean archaeology ⓘ
significance	major source of information on Moche elite society ⓘ one of the richest tombs discovered in the Americas ⓘ
timePeriod	Early Intermediate Period ⓘ circa 1st–3rd century CE ⓘ
tourism	popular archaeological tourism destination in northern Peru ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moche culture → majorSite → Sipán ⓘ

Moche culture → notableDiscovery → Sipán ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Tombs of Sipán

northern Peru → hasArchaeologicalSite → Sipán ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Peru

Sipán → knownFor → Sipán self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: tomb of the Lord of Sipán

Sipán → hasTomb → Sipán self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Priest of Sipán

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Referenced by (5)

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