Oxkintok
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Oxkintok is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, notable for its early architecture and long history of occupation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Oxkintok canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2154827 — 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: Oxkintok Context triple: [Uxmal, locatedNear, Oxkintok]
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A.
Palenque
Palenque is an ancient Maya city in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, renowned for its well-preserved temples, palaces, and intricate inscriptions.
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B.
Yaxchilán
Yaxchilán is an ancient Maya city renowned for its well-preserved architecture and intricately carved stone lintels along the Usumacinta River in present-day Mexico.
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C.
Calakmul
Calakmul is a major ancient Maya city and archaeological site in the jungles of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, known for its massive pyramids and extensive ruins.
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D.
Cacaxtla
Cacaxtla is an ancient Mesoamerican archaeological site in central Mexico, renowned for its well-preserved, vividly colored murals depicting complex scenes of warfare, ritual, and daily life.
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E.
Tres Zapotes
Tres Zapotes is an important pre-Columbian archaeological site in Veracruz, Mexico, known for its monumental stone sculptures and as a key center of the Olmec and later Epi-Olmec cultures.
- 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: Oxkintok Target entity description: Oxkintok is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, notable for its early architecture and long history of occupation.
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A.
Palenque
Palenque is an ancient Maya city in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, renowned for its well-preserved temples, palaces, and intricate inscriptions.
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B.
Yaxchilán
Yaxchilán is an ancient Maya city renowned for its well-preserved architecture and intricately carved stone lintels along the Usumacinta River in present-day Mexico.
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C.
Calakmul
Calakmul is a major ancient Maya city and archaeological site in the jungles of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, known for its massive pyramids and extensive ruins.
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D.
Cacaxtla
Cacaxtla is an ancient Mesoamerican archaeological site in central Mexico, renowned for its well-preserved, vividly colored murals depicting complex scenes of warfare, ritual, and daily life.
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E.
Tres Zapotes
Tres Zapotes is an important pre-Columbian archaeological site in Veracruz, Mexico, known for its monumental stone sculptures and as a key center of the Olmec and later Epi-Olmec cultures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maya archaeological site
ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ |
| civilization | Maya civilization ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culture | Maya ⓘ |
| etymology | often interpreted as Three Flint Suns or Three Day Flint ⓘ |
| hasAccessType | tourist site ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle |
Early Classic period
ⓘ
surface form:
Early Classic Maya
Puuc region ⓘ
surface form:
Puuc
|
| hasChronologicalImportance | one of the earliest long-occupied Maya sites in northern Yucatán ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment |
karstic landscape
ⓘ
tropical dry forest ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
altars
ⓘ
causeways ⓘ hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ palatial complexes ⓘ stelae ⓘ |
| hasGroup |
Ah Canul complex
ⓘ
Puuc Maya ⓘ
surface form:
Ah Canul group
Ah Dzib group ⓘ Ah May group ⓘ Dzib group ⓘ May group ⓘ |
| hasNameInMayanLanguage | Oxkintok self-link ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
early Maya architecture
ⓘ
long history of occupation ⓘ |
| hasResearchActivity |
archaeological excavations
ⓘ
epigraphic studies ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Satunsat
ⓘ
ballcourts ⓘ palaces ⓘ plazas ⓘ pyramids ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | archaeological zone protected by Mexico ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Puuc-style architecture
ⓘ
labyrinth structure Satunsat ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Yucatán Peninsula
ⓘ
Yucatán state ⓘ |
| managedBy | Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia ⓘ |
| nearCity |
Maxcanú
ⓘ
Mérida ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| periodOfFlourishing | Early Classic period ⓘ |
| periodOfOccupation |
Classic period
ⓘ
Preclassic period (Maya civilization) ⓘ
surface form:
Preclassic period
Terminal Classic period ⓘ |
| region | Puuc region ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oxkintok Description of subject: Oxkintok is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, notable for its early architecture and long history of occupation.
Referenced by (4)
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