Emeryville Shellmound
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Emeryville Shellmound is an ancient Ohlone archaeological and burial site in present-day Emeryville, California, once consisting of a massive shell and refuse mound that held deep cultural and spiritual significance.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Emeryville Shellmound canonical | 1 |
| Ohlone shellmounds | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3661377 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Emeryville Shellmound Context triple: [Ohlone peoples, notableSite, Emeryville Shellmound]
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A.
Point Sur State Historic Park
Point Sur State Historic Park is a coastal California state park centered around a prominent volcanic rock and historic lighthouse overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the Big Sur region.
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B.
Sonoma State Historic Park
Sonoma State Historic Park is a California state park in the town of Sonoma that preserves significant sites from the Mexican and early American periods, including the Sonoma Plaza and historic adobe buildings.
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C.
Grand Mound, Washington
Grand Mound, Washington is a small unincorporated community in western Washington State known for its location along Interstate 5 and proximity to the cities of Olympia and Centralia.
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D.
Town Creek Indian Mound
Town Creek Indian Mound is a significant archaeological site in North Carolina featuring a reconstructed Mississippian-era ceremonial center with platform mounds and associated village remains.
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E.
Bristol Point
Bristol Point is a coastal camping and recreation area within Booderee National Park on the Jervis Bay shoreline in New South Wales, Australia.
- 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: Emeryville Shellmound Target entity description: Emeryville Shellmound is an ancient Ohlone archaeological and burial site in present-day Emeryville, California, once consisting of a massive shell and refuse mound that held deep cultural and spiritual significance.
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A.
Point Sur State Historic Park
Point Sur State Historic Park is a coastal California state park centered around a prominent volcanic rock and historic lighthouse overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the Big Sur region.
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B.
Sonoma State Historic Park
Sonoma State Historic Park is a California state park in the town of Sonoma that preserves significant sites from the Mexican and early American periods, including the Sonoma Plaza and historic adobe buildings.
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C.
Grand Mound, Washington
Grand Mound, Washington is a small unincorporated community in western Washington State known for its location along Interstate 5 and proximity to the cities of Olympia and Centralia.
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D.
Town Creek Indian Mound
Town Creek Indian Mound is a significant archaeological site in North Carolina featuring a reconstructed Mississippian-era ceremonial center with platform mounds and associated village remains.
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E.
Bristol Point
Bristol Point is a coastal camping and recreation area within Booderee National Park on the Jervis Bay shoreline in New South Wales, Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ohlone cultural site
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archaeological site ⓘ burial site ⓘ shellmound ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSiteNumber | CA-ALA-309 ⓘ |
| area | approximately 2 acres ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
historical marker
ⓘ
public art installation ⓘ |
| contains |
bone tools
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charcoal ⓘ faunal remains ⓘ human burials ⓘ shell beads ⓘ stone tools ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| culture | Ohlone ⓘ |
| currentSiteUse | Bay Street Emeryville shopping center vicinity ⓘ |
| diameter | approximately 350 feet ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 18 meters ⓘ |
| estimatedFirstOccupation | around 500 BCE ⓘ |
| estimatedLastMajorUse | around 1700 CE ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated |
Ohlone peoples
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surface form:
Ohlone people
|
| excavatedBy |
Max Uhle
ⓘ
University of California archaeologists ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
archaeological significance
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cultural significance to Ohlone people ⓘ spiritual significance to Ohlone people ⓘ |
| hasUse |
burial ground
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ceremonial site ⓘ refuse dump ⓘ village site ⓘ |
| height | approximately 60 feet ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alameda County
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surface form:
Alameda County, California
Emeryville, California ⓘ San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
San Francisco Bay
ⓘ
mouth of Temescal Creek ⓘ |
| majorExcavationDate |
1902
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1924–1925 ⓘ |
| material |
animal bone
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ash ⓘ shell ⓘ soil ⓘ |
| partiallyDestroyedBy |
industrial development
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paint factory construction ⓘ railroad construction ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | one of the largest shellmounds in the San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Native American activism
ⓘ
annual Indigenous Peoples Day ceremonies ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Late Holocene
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pre-contact period ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Emeryville Shellmound Description of subject: Emeryville Shellmound is an ancient Ohlone archaeological and burial site in present-day Emeryville, California, once consisting of a massive shell and refuse mound that held deep cultural and spiritual significance.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ohlone shellmounds