Calima
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Calima refers to an ancient pre-Columbian culture from the Valle del Cauca region of Colombia, renowned for its sophisticated goldwork and distinctive ceramic art.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Calima canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T426168 — 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: Calima Context triple: [Gold Museum (Museo del Oro), focusesOnCulture, Calima]
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A.
Guasca
Guasca is a small town and municipality in the Cundinamarca Department of Colombia, known for its rural landscapes and proximity to the Chingaza National Natural Park.
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B.
Coloma
Coloma is a historic town in Northern California best known as the site of the 1848 gold discovery that sparked the California Gold Rush.
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C.
Cáqueza
Cáqueza is a small municipality and town in the Andean region of central Colombia, known for its rural landscapes and proximity to Bogotá in the department of Cundinamarca.
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D.
Tlaloc
Tlaloc is the ancient Mesoamerican rain and storm god, especially revered by the Aztecs as a powerful bringer of fertility and destructive floods.
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E.
Nemocón
Nemocón is a Colombian town in the department of Cundinamarca, best known for its historic underground salt mine and scenic Andean surroundings.
- 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: Calima Target entity description: Calima refers to an ancient pre-Columbian culture from the Valle del Cauca region of Colombia, renowned for its sophisticated goldwork and distinctive ceramic art.
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A.
Guasca
Guasca is a small town and municipality in the Cundinamarca Department of Colombia, known for its rural landscapes and proximity to the Chingaza National Natural Park.
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B.
Coloma
Coloma is a historic town in Northern California best known as the site of the 1848 gold discovery that sparked the California Gold Rush.
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C.
Cáqueza
Cáqueza is a small municipality and town in the Andean region of central Colombia, known for its rural landscapes and proximity to Bogotá in the department of Cundinamarca.
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D.
Tlaloc
Tlaloc is the ancient Mesoamerican rain and storm god, especially revered by the Aztecs as a powerful bringer of fertility and destructive floods.
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E.
Nemocón
Nemocón is a Colombian town in the department of Cundinamarca, best known for its historic underground salt mine and scenic Andean surroundings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological culture
ⓘ
pre-Columbian culture ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite |
Calima region
ⓘ
surface form:
Calima Darien region
Sonso archaeological sites ⓘ Yotoco archaeological sites ⓘ |
| artStyle |
anthropomorphic gold figures
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incised ceramic decoration ⓘ modeled ceramic figures ⓘ polychrome ceramics ⓘ zoomorphic gold figures ⓘ |
| burialPractice |
rich grave goods
ⓘ
shaft tombs ⓘ |
| collectionHeldAt |
Museo Arqueológico Calima, Colombia
ⓘ
Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) ⓘ
surface form:
Museo del Oro, Bogotá
|
| country | Colombia ⓘ |
| culturePeriod |
Formative period of Colombia
ⓘ
Regional Classic period of Colombia ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ hunting ⓘ metalworking ⓘ |
| hasSubculture |
Ilama phase
ⓘ
Sonso phase ⓘ Yotoco phase ⓘ |
| influenced | later Colombian indigenous groups ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Andean cultures ⓘ |
| knownFor |
distinctive ceramic art
ⓘ
funerary offerings ⓘ sophisticated goldwork ⓘ tumbaga metalwork ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Valle del Cauca Department
ⓘ
Colombian Pacific region ⓘ
surface form:
western Colombia
|
| mainMaterial |
ceramic
ⓘ
gold ⓘ stone ⓘ tumbaga ⓘ |
| metalworkingTechnique |
hammering
ⓘ
lost-wax casting ⓘ repoussé ⓘ soldering ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Calima region ⓘ |
| partOf | pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia ⓘ |
| region |
Calima River basin
ⓘ
Cauca River Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Cauca River valley
|
| religion | polytheistic beliefs ⓘ |
| socialStructure | chiefdoms ⓘ |
| timePeriod | approximately 200 BCE to 1600 CE ⓘ |
| typicalObject |
ceramic funerary urns
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ear spools ⓘ nose ornaments ⓘ pectorals ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Calima Description of subject: Calima refers to an ancient pre-Columbian culture from the Valle del Cauca region of Colombia, renowned for its sophisticated goldwork and distinctive ceramic art.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.