Upper Palaeolithic
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The Upper Palaeolithic is the final phase of the Old Stone Age, marked by advanced stone tools, cave art, and the widespread presence of anatomically modern humans across Eurasia.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Upper Paleolithic | 8 |
| European Upper Paleolithic | 1 |
| Upper Palaeolithic canonical | 1 |
| Upper Paleolithic era | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5384283 — 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: Upper Palaeolithic Context triple: [Creswell Crags, hasArchaeologicalPeriod, Upper Palaeolithic]
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Magdalenian
Magdalenian refers to a late Upper Paleolithic culture in Western Europe, known for its sophisticated cave art, bone and antler tools, and hunter-gatherer lifestyle near the end of the last Ice Age.
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Mesolithic period
The Mesolithic period is a prehistoric era between the Paleolithic and Neolithic characterized by hunter-gatherer societies using microlithic stone tools and adapting to post-glacial environments.
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Gravettian
Gravettian is an Upper Paleolithic archaeological culture in Europe, known for its distinctive stone tools, cave art, and Venus figurines dating roughly from 33,000 to 21,000 years ago.
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Stone Age
The Stone Age is the earliest known period of human prehistory, characterized by the creation and use of stone tools before the advent of metalworking.
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Pre-Pottery Neolithic
The Pre-Pottery Neolithic was an early Neolithic cultural phase in the Near East marked by the emergence of settled farming communities, monumental architecture, and sophisticated stone tool industries before the widespread use of pottery.
- 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: Upper Palaeolithic Target entity description: The Upper Palaeolithic is the final phase of the Old Stone Age, marked by advanced stone tools, cave art, and the widespread presence of anatomically modern humans across Eurasia.
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A.
Magdalenian
Magdalenian refers to a late Upper Paleolithic culture in Western Europe, known for its sophisticated cave art, bone and antler tools, and hunter-gatherer lifestyle near the end of the last Ice Age.
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Mesolithic period
The Mesolithic period is a prehistoric era between the Paleolithic and Neolithic characterized by hunter-gatherer societies using microlithic stone tools and adapting to post-glacial environments.
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C.
Gravettian
Gravettian is an Upper Paleolithic archaeological culture in Europe, known for its distinctive stone tools, cave art, and Venus figurines dating roughly from 33,000 to 21,000 years ago.
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Stone Age
The Stone Age is the earliest known period of human prehistory, characterized by the creation and use of stone tools before the advent of metalworking.
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Pre-Pottery Neolithic
The Pre-Pottery Neolithic was an early Neolithic cultural phase in the Near East marked by the emergence of settled farming communities, monumental architecture, and sophisticated stone tool industries before the widespread use of pottery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | archaeological period ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Late Stone Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Altamira cave paintings
NERFINISHED
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Chauvet cave paintings NERFINISHED ⓘ Dolní Věstonice site NERFINISHED ⓘ Homo sapiens ⓘ Kostenki sites NERFINISHED ⓘ Lascaux cave paintings NERFINISHED ⓘ Mezhirich mammoth bone dwellings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
Venus figurines
NERFINISHED
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advanced stone tool technologies ⓘ antler tools ⓘ artistic expression ⓘ blade technology ⓘ bone tools ⓘ burial practices ⓘ cave art ⓘ complex hunting strategies ⓘ ivory tools ⓘ long-distance exchange networks ⓘ microlithic tools ⓘ musical instruments ⓘ personal ornaments ⓘ portable art ⓘ seasonal mobility ⓘ structured dwellings ⓘ symbolic behavior ⓘ use of fire ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition |
final phase of the Old Stone Age
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final phase of the Palaeolithic ⓘ |
| endTime | approximately 10,000 years ago ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Epipalaeolithic
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Mesolithic ⓘ |
| follows | Middle Palaeolithic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Africa
NERFINISHED
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Americas (late Upper Palaeolithic) ⓘ Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPhase |
Aurignacian
NERFINISHED
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Epigravettian NERFINISHED ⓘ Gravettian NERFINISHED ⓘ Magdalenian NERFINISHED ⓘ Solutrean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | anatomically modern humans ⓘ |
| partOf | Palaeolithic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Middle Palaeolithic ⓘ |
| startTime | approximately 50,000 years ago ⓘ |
| toolIndustry |
backed bladelets
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blade-and-core technology ⓘ burins ⓘ endscrapers ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Upper Palaeolithic Description of subject: The Upper Palaeolithic is the final phase of the Old Stone Age, marked by advanced stone tools, cave art, and the widespread presence of anatomically modern humans across Eurasia.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Upper Paleolithic
this entity surface form:
Upper Paleolithic
subject surface form:
Lascaux
this entity surface form:
Upper Paleolithic
subject surface form:
Grotte de Niaux
this entity surface form:
Upper Paleolithic
this entity surface form:
Upper Paleolithic
this entity surface form:
Upper Paleolithic
this entity surface form:
Upper Paleolithic
this entity surface form:
European Upper Paleolithic
subject surface form:
Spotted Horses panel
this entity surface form:
Upper Paleolithic era
this entity surface form:
Upper Paleolithic