Xiaohe cemetery
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Xiaohe cemetery is an ancient Bronze Age burial site in the Tarim Basin of Xinjiang, China, renowned for its remarkably well-preserved Tarim mummies and distinctive wooden boat-shaped coffins.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Xiaohe cemetery canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5459624 — 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: Xiaohe cemetery Context triple: [Tarim mummies, foundAt, Xiaohe cemetery]
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A.
Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery is a prominent state cemetery in Beijing reserved for many of the People’s Republic of China’s most distinguished political and military leaders.
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B.
Longhua Martyrs Cemetery
Longhua Martyrs Cemetery is a memorial park and burial ground in Shanghai dedicated to revolutionaries and martyrs, closely associated with the nearby historic Longhua Temple.
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C.
Kangling Mausoleum
Kangling Mausoleum is the imperial tomb complex in China where the Ming dynasty Zhengde Emperor was interred.
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D.
Karet Bivak Cemetery
Karet Bivak Cemetery is a major public cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia, known as the resting place of numerous prominent national figures.
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E.
Fuling Tomb
Fuling Tomb is an imperial mausoleum complex near Shenyang that serves as the burial site of Nurhaci, the founding emperor of the Qing dynasty, and is part of the UNESCO-listed Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
- 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: Xiaohe cemetery Target entity description: Xiaohe cemetery is an ancient Bronze Age burial site in the Tarim Basin of Xinjiang, China, renowned for its remarkably well-preserved Tarim mummies and distinctive wooden boat-shaped coffins.
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A.
Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery is a prominent state cemetery in Beijing reserved for many of the People’s Republic of China’s most distinguished political and military leaders.
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B.
Longhua Martyrs Cemetery
Longhua Martyrs Cemetery is a memorial park and burial ground in Shanghai dedicated to revolutionaries and martyrs, closely associated with the nearby historic Longhua Temple.
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C.
Kangling Mausoleum
Kangling Mausoleum is the imperial tomb complex in China where the Ming dynasty Zhengde Emperor was interred.
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D.
Karet Bivak Cemetery
Karet Bivak Cemetery is a major public cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia, known as the resting place of numerous prominent national figures.
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E.
Fuling Tomb
Fuling Tomb is an imperial mausoleum complex near Shenyang that serves as the burial site of Nurhaci, the founding emperor of the Qing dynasty, and is part of the UNESCO-listed Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bronze Age cemetery
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archaeological site ⓘ burial site ⓘ |
| climateCondition | extremely arid desert environment ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| earliestBurialsDateTo | early 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Chinese archaeologists ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalCulture |
Tarim mummies culture complex
NERFINISHED
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Xiaohe culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
above-ground wooden markers
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animal remains including cattle and sheep ⓘ boat-shaped coffins buried vertically ⓘ cowhide-wrapped coffins ⓘ felt hats and clothing ⓘ grave goods including wheat and millet ⓘ leather boots ⓘ multiple burial layers ⓘ phallus-shaped wooden posts ⓘ plant remains including ephedra ⓘ sand dune burial mounds ⓘ vulva-shaped wooden posts ⓘ wooden masks ⓘ woolen textiles ⓘ |
| hasHumanRemains |
European-featured mummies
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Tarim Basin mummies ⓘ well-preserved hair and clothing ⓘ |
| hasNameInChinese | 小河墓地 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected cultural relics site of China ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Tarim mummies
NERFINISHED
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early evidence of Indo-European populations in Xinjiang ⓘ exceptional preservation of human remains ⓘ well-preserved textiles ⓘ wooden boat-shaped coffins ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Taklamakan Desert
NERFINISHED
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Tarim Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Xinjiang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Little River cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Tarim Basin archaeological culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservationCause | dry climate and salt-rich sands ⓘ |
| radiocarbonDatedTo | circa 2000 BCE–1500 BCE ⓘ |
| researchField |
ancient DNA studies
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archaeology ⓘ physical anthropology ⓘ |
| significance |
evidence for early trans-Eurasian contacts
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important site for study of Bronze Age migration in Central Asia ⓘ insight into prehistoric populations of the Tarim Basin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Xiaohe cemetery Description of subject: Xiaohe cemetery is an ancient Bronze Age burial site in the Tarim Basin of Xinjiang, China, renowned for its remarkably well-preserved Tarim mummies and distinctive wooden boat-shaped coffins.
Referenced by (1)
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