Prehistory of the Far West: Homes of Vanished Peoples
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Prehistory of the Far West: Homes of Vanished Peoples is an archaeological study that explores the ancient cultures and lifeways of Indigenous peoples in the Far Western United States before European contact.
All labels observed (1)
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| Prehistory of the Far West: Homes of Vanished Peoples canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prehistory of the Far West: Homes of Vanished Peoples Context triple: [Luther Cressman, notableWork, Prehistory of the Far West: Homes of Vanished Peoples]
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Die Culturländer des alten Amerika
Die Culturländer des alten Amerika is a scholarly work by ethnologist Adolf Bastian that examines the civilizations and cultures of pre-Columbian America.
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B.
Arapesh society
Arapesh society is a small-scale indigenous community of Papua New Guinea that Margaret Mead famously portrayed as gentle, cooperative, and egalitarian in her anthropological work.
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C.
Handbook of the Indians of California
Handbook of the Indians of California is a landmark ethnographic and anthropological survey of Indigenous peoples in California authored by Alfred L. Kroeber.
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D.
Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology
The *Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology* is a historical U.S. government publication that compiled research, ethnographic studies, and documentation on Indigenous peoples of the Americas produced by the Bureau of American Ethnology.
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E.
Cliff Dwellers
Cliff Dwellers is a 1913 urban realist painting by American artist George Bellows that vividly depicts the crowded, chaotic life of New York City’s Lower East Side tenements.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prehistory of the Far West: Homes of Vanished Peoples Target entity description: Prehistory of the Far West: Homes of Vanished Peoples is an archaeological study that explores the ancient cultures and lifeways of Indigenous peoples in the Far Western United States before European contact.
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A.
Die Culturländer des alten Amerika
Die Culturländer des alten Amerika is a scholarly work by ethnologist Adolf Bastian that examines the civilizations and cultures of pre-Columbian America.
-
B.
Arapesh society
Arapesh society is a small-scale indigenous community of Papua New Guinea that Margaret Mead famously portrayed as gentle, cooperative, and egalitarian in her anthropological work.
-
C.
Handbook of the Indians of California
Handbook of the Indians of California is a landmark ethnographic and anthropological survey of Indigenous peoples in California authored by Alfred L. Kroeber.
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D.
Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology
The *Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology* is a historical U.S. government publication that compiled research, ethnographic studies, and documentation on Indigenous peoples of the Americas produced by the Bureau of American Ethnology.
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E.
Cliff Dwellers
Cliff Dwellers is a 1913 urban realist painting by American artist George Bellows that vividly depicts the crowded, chaotic life of New York City’s Lower East Side tenements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
archaeological study
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book ⓘ |
| aimsTo | reconstruct lifeways of vanished peoples ⓘ |
| countryOfSubject | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes |
ancient housing forms
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archaeological evidence of ancient habitation ⓘ regional cultural variation in the Far West ⓘ |
| documentType |
historical overview
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scholarly study ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | archaeology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Indigenous cultures before European contact
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cultural history ⓘ dwellings and habitations ⓘ material culture of ancient peoples ⓘ settlement patterns ⓘ subsistence strategies ⓘ |
| genre | archaeology literature ⓘ |
| geographicFocus | Far Western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubjectArea |
Indigenous history of the United States
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North American archaeology NERFINISHED ⓘ cultural anthropology ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
anthropologists
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archaeologists ⓘ general readers interested in archaeology ⓘ students of North American prehistory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Indigenous peoples of the Far Western United States
NERFINISHED
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ancient cultures of the Far West ⓘ lifeways of Indigenous peoples before European contact ⓘ prehistory of the Far Western United States ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| perspective | pre-contact Indigenous history ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
pre-Columbian North America
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pre-contact era ⓘ |
| workType | monograph ⓘ |
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