Patuxet
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Patuxet was a 17th-century Indigenous Wampanoag village located at the site of present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, known for its early contact with English colonists and devastation by epidemic disease.
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Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous village
→
Wampanoag settlement → former populated place → |
| adjacentTo | Cape Cod Bay → |
| archaeologicalStatus | archaeological site (largely built over) → |
| associatedWith |
Massasoit
→
Squanto →
surface form: "Tisquantum (Squanto)"
|
| colonialName | Plymouth → |
| contactWith |
English colonists
→
European fishermen and traders → |
| continent | North America → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States (present-day)"
|
| culture | Wampanoag culture → |
| demographicChange | population collapse due to epidemic disease → |
| economy |
agriculture
→
fishing → hunting and gathering → |
| environment | coastal forest and estuarine ecosystem → |
| ethnicGroup |
Wampanoag people
→
surface form: "Wampanoag"
|
| followedBy | Plymouth Colony → |
| foodSources |
corn, beans, and squash agriculture
→
shellfish and marine resources → |
| governedBy | Wampanoag leadership → |
| historicalEra | pre-colonial and early colonial New England → |
| historicalStatus | abandoned settlement → |
| indigenousName | Patuxet → |
| inhabitedBy | Wampanoag people → |
| knownFor |
being the site of the Plymouth Colony settlement
→
devastation by epidemic disease → early contact with English colonists → |
| language | Wampanoag language → |
| locatedIn |
Massachusetts
→
New England → Northeastern United States →
surface form: "Northeastern North America"
Plymouth County →
surface form: "Plymouth County, Massachusetts"
Plymouth, Massachusetts →
surface form: "present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts"
|
| near | Plymouth Harbor → |
| partOf |
Wampanoag homelands
→
territory of the Pokanoket Wampanoag → |
| precededBy | pre-contact Wampanoag occupation → |
| presentDaySiteOf |
Plymouth Rock
→
surface form: "Plymouth Rock vicinity"
Plymouth, Massachusetts → |
| regionType | coastal village → |
| religion | Indigenous spiritual traditions of the Wampanoag → |
| significantEvent |
abandonment following population loss
→
epidemic disease outbreak circa 1616–1619 → |
| timePeriod | 17th century → |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Patuxet village"
this entity surface form: "Wampanoag Homesite"