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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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.

Squanto birthPlace Patuxet
this entity surface form: "Patuxet village"
Squanto ethnicity Patuxet
this entity surface form: "Wampanoag Homesite"
Patuxet indigenousName Patuxet

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