Foster Mound
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Foster Mound is an archaeological site in Louisiana associated with the Plaquemine culture, known for its earthen platform mounds and evidence of late prehistoric Native American ceremonial and residential activities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Foster Mound canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9253165 — 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: Foster Mound Context triple: [Plaquemine culture, hasSite, Foster Mound]
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Eastern Mound
Eastern Mound is one of the large, ancient royal burial mounds at Gamla Uppsala in Sweden, traditionally associated with early Scandinavian kings and Iron Age elite burials.
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Western Mound
Western Mound is one of the large, ancient royal burial mounds at Gamla Uppsala in Sweden, associated with early Scandinavian kings and Iron Age elite burials.
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C.
Cornfield Mound
Cornfield Mound is an ancient Native American earthwork located within Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Georgia, associated with the Mississippian culture.
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D.
Grave Creek Mound
Grave Creek Mound is a large prehistoric Adena burial mound and archaeological site located in present-day West Virginia, notable as one of the largest conical earthen mounds in North America.
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E.
Mound C
Mound C is one of the principal earthen platform mounds at the Etowah Indian Mounds site in Georgia, associated with the Mississippian culture’s ceremonial and political activities.
- 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: Foster Mound Target entity description: Foster Mound is an archaeological site in Louisiana associated with the Plaquemine culture, known for its earthen platform mounds and evidence of late prehistoric Native American ceremonial and residential activities.
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A.
Eastern Mound
Eastern Mound is one of the large, ancient royal burial mounds at Gamla Uppsala in Sweden, traditionally associated with early Scandinavian kings and Iron Age elite burials.
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B.
Western Mound
Western Mound is one of the large, ancient royal burial mounds at Gamla Uppsala in Sweden, associated with early Scandinavian kings and Iron Age elite burials.
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C.
Cornfield Mound
Cornfield Mound is an ancient Native American earthwork located within Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Georgia, associated with the Mississippian culture.
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D.
Grave Creek Mound
Grave Creek Mound is a large prehistoric Adena burial mound and archaeological site located in present-day West Virginia, notable as one of the largest conical earthen mounds in North America.
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E.
Mound C
Mound C is one of the principal earthen platform mounds at the Etowah Indian Mounds site in Georgia, associated with the Mississippian culture’s ceremonial and political activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Plaquemine culture site
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archaeological site ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSignificance |
evidence of ceremonial activities
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evidence of residential occupation ⓘ example of Plaquemine mound architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
late prehistoric Native American communities
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platform mound construction tradition ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culture | Plaquemine culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature | earthen platform mounds ⓘ |
| hasUse |
ceremonial activities
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residential activities ⓘ |
| heritage | Native American ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Louisiana
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Lower Mississippi Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi River valley area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | earth ⓘ |
| region | Southeastern United States archaeology ⓘ |
| siteType | mound complex ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Mississippian era
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late prehistoric period ⓘ |
| usedBy | Plaquemine peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
community activities
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elite residence ⓘ ritual gatherings ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Foster Mound Description of subject: Foster Mound is an archaeological site in Louisiana associated with the Plaquemine culture, known for its earthen platform mounds and evidence of late prehistoric Native American ceremonial and residential activities.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.