Mogollon culture
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The Mogollon culture was an ancient Native American civilization of the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico known for its distinctive pottery, pit-house villages, and early adoption of agriculture.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mogollon culture canonical | 19 |
| Mimbres culture | 2 |
| Mogollon people | 2 |
| Ancient Mogollon | 1 |
| Casas Grandes culture | 1 |
| Classic Mimbres phase | 1 |
| Mimbres Classic period | 1 |
| Mimbres archaeological tradition | 1 |
| Mimbres branch of Mogollon culture | 1 |
| Mogollon | 1 |
| Mogollon Village | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T324657 — 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: Mogollon culture Context triple: [Pre-Columbian era, includesCivilization, Mogollon culture]
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A.
Hohokam culture
The Hohokam culture was an ancient Native American civilization of the Sonoran Desert, renowned for its extensive irrigation canal systems and distinctive pottery long before European contact.
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B.
Ancestral Puebloans
The Ancestral Puebloans were a Native American culture of the U.S. Southwest known for their sophisticated cliff dwellings, multi-story stone and adobe villages, and complex agricultural and ceremonial traditions.
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C.
Maricopa people
The Maricopa people are a Native American tribe of the Yuman language family traditionally living along the lower Gila and Colorado Rivers in what is now Arizona.
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D.
Mississippian culture
The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American civilization that flourished in the Eastern Woodlands and Southeast of what is now the United States from roughly 800 to 1600 CE, known for its large urban centers, complex chiefdoms, and extensive trade networks.
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E.
Mixtec civilization
The Mixtec civilization was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture renowned for its sophisticated metallurgy, intricate codices, and powerful city-states in what is now Oaxaca, Mexico.
- 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: Mogollon culture Target entity description: The Mogollon culture was an ancient Native American civilization of the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico known for its distinctive pottery, pit-house villages, and early adoption of agriculture.
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A.
Hohokam culture
The Hohokam culture was an ancient Native American civilization of the Sonoran Desert, renowned for its extensive irrigation canal systems and distinctive pottery long before European contact.
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B.
Ancestral Puebloans
The Ancestral Puebloans were a Native American culture of the U.S. Southwest known for their sophisticated cliff dwellings, multi-story stone and adobe villages, and complex agricultural and ceremonial traditions.
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C.
Maricopa people
The Maricopa people are a Native American tribe of the Yuman language family traditionally living along the lower Gila and Colorado Rivers in what is now Arizona.
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D.
Mississippian culture
The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American civilization that flourished in the Eastern Woodlands and Southeast of what is now the United States from roughly 800 to 1600 CE, known for its large urban centers, complex chiefdoms, and extensive trade networks.
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E.
Mixtec civilization
The Mixtec civilization was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture renowned for its sophisticated metallurgy, intricate codices, and powerful city-states in what is now Oaxaca, Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (71)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Native American culture
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archaeological culture ⓘ pre-Columbian culture ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Mimbres pottery ⓘ |
| burialPractice | intramural burials beneath house floors in some phases ⓘ |
| decline | around 1400–1450 CE in many areas ⓘ |
| economy | mixed farming and hunting-gathering ⓘ |
| evidenceType |
architecture
ⓘ
botanical remains ⓘ ceramics ⓘ faunal remains ⓘ lithic tools ⓘ |
| flourished | circa 200 CE to 1450 CE ⓘ |
| followedBy | historic Apache groups in parts of its area ⓘ |
| hasSubculture |
Forestdale branch
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Jornada branch ⓘ Lower Gila branch ⓘ Mimbres branch ⓘ Reserve branch ⓘ San Francisco branch ⓘ Upper Gila branch ⓘ |
| interactedWith |
Ancestral Puebloans
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) culture
Hohokam culture ⓘ Mesoamerican cultures via trade ⓘ |
| knownFor |
black-on-white pottery in later phases
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cliff dwellings in some later phases ⓘ corrugated pottery ⓘ distinctive brownware and red-on-brown pottery ⓘ early adoption of agriculture ⓘ pit-house villages ⓘ rock art ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arizona
ⓘ
Chihuahua ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Sonora ⓘ southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern United States
Texas ⓘ Northern Mexico ⓘ
surface form:
northern Mexico
|
| mainCrops |
beans
ⓘ
maize ⓘ squash ⓘ |
| majorSite |
Bear Ruin
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Galaz Ruin ⓘ Gila Cliff Dwellings (core archeological area) ⓘ
surface form:
Gila Cliff Dwellings
Mogollon culture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mogollon Village
NAN Ranch Ruin ⓘ Three Circle sites ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mogollon Mountains ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indigenous peoples of the Southwest
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Puebloan and related cultures of the U.S. Southwest
|
| possibleCausesOfChange |
drought
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migration ⓘ social reorganization ⓘ |
| potteryDecoration |
animal motifs
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geometric designs ⓘ human figures in Mimbres phase ⓘ |
| potteryStyle |
Mimbres pottery
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surface form:
Mimbres black-on-white
brownware ⓘ corrugated ware ⓘ |
| practiced |
dryland farming
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irrigation agriculture in some areas ⓘ |
| precededBy | Archaic hunter-gatherer groups of the U.S. Southwest ⓘ |
| religion | complex ritual life inferred from kivas and ceremonial structures ⓘ |
| studiedBy | archaeologists ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Archaic period of North America
ⓘ
Formative period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
surface form:
Formative period of North America
|
| traded |
macaws in later periods
ⓘ
shells ⓘ turquoise ⓘ |
| usedBuildingType |
above-ground masonry pueblos in later periods
ⓘ
semi-subterranean pithouses ⓘ |
| usedStructure | kivas in some communities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mogollon culture Description of subject: The Mogollon culture was an ancient Native American civilization of the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico known for its distinctive pottery, pit-house villages, and early adoption of agriculture.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mogollon Village
this entity surface form:
Mogollon
this entity surface form:
Mogollon people
this entity surface form:
Mimbres branch of Mogollon culture
this entity surface form:
Casas Grandes culture
this entity surface form:
Ancient Mogollon
this entity surface form:
Mimbres Classic period
this entity surface form:
Mimbres archaeological tradition
this entity surface form:
Mimbres culture
this entity surface form:
Classic Mimbres phase
this entity surface form:
Mimbres culture
this entity surface form:
Mogollon people