Mesa Verde (desert agriculture)
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Mesa Verde (desert agriculture) is a landscape of arid, terraced fields and ancient irrigation features associated with the ancestral Puebloan cliff-dwelling region of the American Southwest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mesa Verde (desert agriculture) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9484838 — 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: Mesa Verde (desert agriculture) Context triple: [Horizons, featuresScene, Mesa Verde (desert agriculture)]
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A.
Hohokam canals
The Hohokam canals were an extensive prehistoric irrigation network built by the Hohokam people in what is now central Arizona, enabling large-scale agriculture in the Sonoran Desert.
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B.
Desert Land
Desert Land is the arid, sand-themed second world in Super Mario Bros. 3, featuring pyramids, quicksand, and desert-dwelling enemies.
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C.
Pueblo Mexicano
Pueblo Mexicano is a Mexican-themed area within the Six Flags México amusement park, featuring attractions, architecture, and entertainment inspired by traditional Mexican culture.
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D.
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.
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E.
Pueblo Grande
Pueblo Grande is a significant archaeological site in present-day Phoenix, Arizona, featuring extensive prehistoric platform mounds and irrigation canals built by the Hohokam people.
- 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: Mesa Verde (desert agriculture) Target entity description: Mesa Verde (desert agriculture) is a landscape of arid, terraced fields and ancient irrigation features associated with the ancestral Puebloan cliff-dwelling region of the American Southwest.
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A.
Hohokam canals
The Hohokam canals were an extensive prehistoric irrigation network built by the Hohokam people in what is now central Arizona, enabling large-scale agriculture in the Sonoran Desert.
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B.
Desert Land
Desert Land is the arid, sand-themed second world in Super Mario Bros. 3, featuring pyramids, quicksand, and desert-dwelling enemies.
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C.
Pueblo Mexicano
Pueblo Mexicano is a Mexican-themed area within the Six Flags México amusement park, featuring attractions, architecture, and entertainment inspired by traditional Mexican culture.
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D.
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.
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E.
Pueblo Grande
Pueblo Grande is a significant archaeological site in present-day Phoenix, Arizona, featuring extensive prehistoric platform mounds and irrigation canals built by the Hohokam people.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agricultural landscape
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archaeological landscape ⓘ cultural landscape ⓘ |
| adaptationTo |
low and variable rainfall
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steep topography ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ancestral Puebloans
NERFINISHED
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cliff dwellings ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crop |
amaranth
ⓘ
beans ⓘ maize ⓘ squash ⓘ |
| environmentType | arid ⓘ |
| flourishedAround | c. 600–1300 CE ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
agricultural plots on mesa tops
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ancient irrigation features ⓘ check dams ⓘ field houses ⓘ runoff farming structures ⓘ slope fields below cliff dwellings ⓘ small reservoirs ⓘ stone terraces ⓘ terraced fields ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of broader Mesa Verde World Heritage cultural context ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
American Southwest
NERFINISHED
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Colorado ⓘ Mesa Verde region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Ancestral Puebloan subsistence systems
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Mesa Verde National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ desert agriculture in the American Southwest ⓘ |
| soilManagement |
stone alignments to trap sediment
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terracing to reduce erosion ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
archaeologists
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paleoenvironmental scientists ⓘ |
| studiedFor |
ancient water management practices
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sustainable dryland farming techniques ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Late Basketmaker III
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Pueblo I NERFINISHED ⓘ Pueblo II ⓘ Pueblo III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
dryland farming
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runoff agriculture ⓘ water harvesting ⓘ |
| waterManagementStrategy |
runoff concentration
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soil moisture conservation ⓘ |
| waterSource |
seasonal precipitation
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snowmelt runoff ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mesa Verde (desert agriculture) Description of subject: Mesa Verde (desert agriculture) is a landscape of arid, terraced fields and ancient irrigation features associated with the ancestral Puebloan cliff-dwelling region of the American Southwest.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.