Basketmaker III period
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The Basketmaker III period was an early cultural phase of the Ancestral Puebloans marked by the introduction of pottery, the bow and arrow, and more settled village life in the American Southwest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Basketmaker III period canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2109673 — 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: Basketmaker III period Context triple: [Ancestral Puebloans, timePeriod, Basketmaker III period]
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Basketmaker II period
The Basketmaker II period was an early cultural phase of the Ancestral Puebloans marked by the adoption of agriculture, pit-house dwellings, and finely crafted basketry before the widespread use of pottery.
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Pueblo I period
The Pueblo I period was an early cultural phase of the Ancestral Puebloans marked by the development of above-ground masonry villages, increased agriculture, and more complex social organization in the American Southwest.
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C.
Mimbres pottery
Mimbres pottery is a distinctive prehistoric ceramic tradition from the American Southwest, renowned for its finely painted black-on-white bowls featuring intricate geometric designs and vivid depictions of animals and human figures.
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Late Woodland cultures
Late Woodland cultures were prehistoric Native American societies that emerged across eastern North America after the Hopewell tradition, marked by increased regionalization, village-based life, and the widespread adoption of bow-and-arrow technology and agriculture.
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Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
The Postclassic period of Mesoamerica was the final pre-Columbian era (roughly 900–1521 CE) marked by intensified warfare, long-distance trade, urban centers, and powerful states such as the Aztec Empire.
- 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: Basketmaker III period Target entity description: The Basketmaker III period was an early cultural phase of the Ancestral Puebloans marked by the introduction of pottery, the bow and arrow, and more settled village life in the American Southwest.
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A.
Basketmaker II period
The Basketmaker II period was an early cultural phase of the Ancestral Puebloans marked by the adoption of agriculture, pit-house dwellings, and finely crafted basketry before the widespread use of pottery.
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B.
Pueblo I period
The Pueblo I period was an early cultural phase of the Ancestral Puebloans marked by the development of above-ground masonry villages, increased agriculture, and more complex social organization in the American Southwest.
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C.
Mimbres pottery
Mimbres pottery is a distinctive prehistoric ceramic tradition from the American Southwest, renowned for its finely painted black-on-white bowls featuring intricate geometric designs and vivid depictions of animals and human figures.
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D.
Late Woodland cultures
Late Woodland cultures were prehistoric Native American societies that emerged across eastern North America after the Hopewell tradition, marked by increased regionalization, village-based life, and the widespread adoption of bow-and-arrow technology and agriculture.
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E.
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
The Postclassic period of Mesoamerica was the final pre-Columbian era (roughly 900–1521 CE) marked by intensified warfare, long-distance trade, urban centers, and powerful states such as the Aztec Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ancestral Puebloan cultural phase
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archaeological culture period ⓘ |
| archaeologicalPhaseOf | North American Southwest prehistory ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ancestral Puebloans
ⓘ
surface form:
Anasazi tradition
pithouse architecture ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | early Ancestral Puebloan period ⓘ |
| culture | Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ |
| economy | mixed farming and foraging ⓘ |
| followedBy | Pueblo I period ⓘ |
| follows | Basketmaker II period ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | circa 750 CE ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
coil-and-scrape pottery manufacture
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communal structures ⓘ continued basketry production ⓘ cultivation of beans ⓘ cultivation of squash ⓘ early kiva-like structures ⓘ increased maize agriculture ⓘ increased sedentism ⓘ introduction of bow and arrow ⓘ introduction of pottery ⓘ larger community size ⓘ more settled village life ⓘ pithouse villages ⓘ semi-subterranean pithouses ⓘ storage pits ⓘ transition from atlatl to bow and arrow ⓘ use of atlatl in early phase ⓘ use of plain gray ware pottery ⓘ |
| hasSettlementPattern |
clustered pithouse communities
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small villages ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | circa 500 CE ⓘ |
| hasTechnologicalInnovation |
bow-and-arrow weaponry
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pottery production ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
southwestern United States
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surface form:
American Southwest
Colorado Plateau ⓘ Four Corners region ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ancestral Puebloans
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancestral Pueblo culture
Ancestral Puebloan sequence ⓘ |
| precededBy | Basketmaker II period ⓘ |
| region |
present-day Arizona
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present-day Colorado ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ
surface form:
present-day New Mexico
present-day Utah ⓘ |
| subsistence |
gathering of wild plants
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hunting of small game ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ |
| timeSpan | Early Puebloan era ⓘ |
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Subject: Basketmaker III period Description of subject: The Basketmaker III period was an early cultural phase of the Ancestral Puebloans marked by the introduction of pottery, the bow and arrow, and more settled village life in the American Southwest.
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