Hohokam canals
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The Hohokam canals were an extensive prehistoric irrigation network built by the Hohokam people in what is now central Arizona, enabling large-scale agriculture in the Sonoran Desert.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hohokam archaeological sites in the Phoenix Basin | 1 |
| Hohokam canals canonical | 1 |
| Pueblo Grande canal system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3338653 — 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: Hohokam canals Context triple: [Salt River, historicallyAssociatedWith, Hohokam canals]
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A.
Grand Canal of the Valley of Mexico
The Grand Canal of the Valley of Mexico is a large-scale drainage and flood-control canal system built to divert waters from the former lake system of the Valley of Mexico, particularly around Mexico City.
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B.
Lahontan Valley irrigation district
The Lahontan Valley irrigation district is an agricultural water management area in western Nevada that supplies and regulates irrigation for farms and ranches around Fallon and the surrounding Lahontan Valley.
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C.
Friant-Kern Canal
The Friant-Kern Canal is a major irrigation and water conveyance canal in California’s San Joaquin Valley that delivers diverted San Joaquin River water to farms and communities across the southern Central Valley.
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D.
Central Arizona Project
The Central Arizona Project is a major aqueduct system that transports Colorado River water hundreds of miles to supply cities, industries, and agriculture in central and southern Arizona.
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E.
Colorado River Aqueduct
The Colorado River Aqueduct is a major water conveyance system that transports Colorado River water across the desert to supply Southern California’s cities and agricultural areas.
- 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: Hohokam canals Target entity description: The Hohokam canals were an extensive prehistoric irrigation network built by the Hohokam people in what is now central Arizona, enabling large-scale agriculture in the Sonoran Desert.
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A.
Grand Canal of the Valley of Mexico
The Grand Canal of the Valley of Mexico is a large-scale drainage and flood-control canal system built to divert waters from the former lake system of the Valley of Mexico, particularly around Mexico City.
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B.
Lahontan Valley irrigation district
The Lahontan Valley irrigation district is an agricultural water management area in western Nevada that supplies and regulates irrigation for farms and ranches around Fallon and the surrounding Lahontan Valley.
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C.
Friant-Kern Canal
The Friant-Kern Canal is a major irrigation and water conveyance canal in California’s San Joaquin Valley that delivers diverted San Joaquin River water to farms and communities across the southern Central Valley.
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D.
Central Arizona Project
The Central Arizona Project is a major aqueduct system that transports Colorado River water hundreds of miles to supply cities, industries, and agriculture in central and southern Arizona.
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E.
Colorado River Aqueduct
The Colorado River Aqueduct is a major water conveyance system that transports Colorado River water across the desert to supply Southern California’s cities and agricultural areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site type
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cultural landscape ⓘ prehistoric irrigation system ⓘ |
| approximateUseEnd | around 1450 CE ⓘ |
| approximateUseStart | around 600 CE ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Phoenix, Arizona ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | Hohokam culture ⓘ |
| associatedWithValley |
Salt River region
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surface form:
Salt River Valley
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| builtBy |
Hohokam culture
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surface form:
Hohokam people
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| constructionMaterial | compacted earth ⓘ |
| constructionTechnique | hand-excavated earthen canals ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| enabled | large-scale agriculture in the Sonoran Desert ⓘ |
| feature |
canal berms
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canal maintenance features ⓘ check dams and weirs ⓘ distribution ditches ⓘ headgates and diversion structures ⓘ primary canals ⓘ secondary laterals ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important component of Hohokam cultural heritage ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern Phoenix metropolitan canal system
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modern Salt River Project canal alignments ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sonoran Desert
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central Arizona ⓘ |
| mainRiverSource |
Gila River
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Salt River ⓘ |
| maxSingleCanalLength | over 20 kilometers ⓘ |
| notableSite |
Park of the Canals, Mesa, Arizona
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Hohokam canals self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Pueblo Grande canal system
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| partiallyPreservedAs | archaeological features in the Phoenix Basin ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | archaeologists as one of the most extensive prehistoric irrigation systems in North America ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hohokam platform mounds
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prehistoric agricultural fields in central Arizona ⓘ |
| required |
centralized water management
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coordinated communal labor ⓘ |
| studiedBy | archaeologists ⓘ |
| supported |
agave cultivation
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bean cultivation ⓘ cotton cultivation ⓘ large sedentary villages ⓘ maize cultivation ⓘ platform mound communities ⓘ squash cultivation ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Classic period of Hohokam culture
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Late Preclassic period ⓘ pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| totalNetworkLength | hundreds of kilometers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agriculture
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irrigation ⓘ |
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Subject: Hohokam canals Description of subject: The Hohokam canals were an extensive prehistoric irrigation network built by the Hohokam people in what is now central Arizona, enabling large-scale agriculture in the Sonoran Desert.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hohokam archaeological sites in the Phoenix Basin
this entity surface form:
Pueblo Grande canal system