Mattocks Ruin
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Mattocks Ruin is a significant archaeological site associated with the Mimbres branch of the Mogollon culture in the American Southwest, known for its ancient pueblo remains and distinctive pottery.
All labels observed (1)
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| Mattocks Ruin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mattocks Ruin Context triple: [Mimbres branch, hasMajorSite, Mattocks Ruin]
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Bear Ruin
Bear Ruin is an important archaeological site associated with the ancient Mogollon culture of the American Southwest.
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B.
Cowdray Ruins
Cowdray Ruins are the remains of a once-grand Tudor mansion in West Sussex, England, noted as one of the country’s most important early Tudor houses before it was devastated by fire in the 18th century.
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C.
Dungeness Ruins
Dungeness Ruins are the remains of a once-grand Carnegie family mansion on Georgia’s Cumberland Island, now a prominent historic and scenic landmark within the national seashore.
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D.
Craig Mound
Craig Mound is the largest and most prominent burial mound at the Spiro Mounds archaeological site in Oklahoma, renowned for its rich trove of Mississippian cultural artifacts.
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E.
Lake Innes Ruins
Lake Innes Ruins are the remains of a 19th-century colonial estate near Port Macquarie, New South Wales, notable for their historical significance and picturesque, overgrown setting.
- 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: Mattocks Ruin Target entity description: Mattocks Ruin is a significant archaeological site associated with the Mimbres branch of the Mogollon culture in the American Southwest, known for its ancient pueblo remains and distinctive pottery.
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A.
Bear Ruin
Bear Ruin is an important archaeological site associated with the ancient Mogollon culture of the American Southwest.
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B.
Cowdray Ruins
Cowdray Ruins are the remains of a once-grand Tudor mansion in West Sussex, England, noted as one of the country’s most important early Tudor houses before it was devastated by fire in the 18th century.
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C.
Dungeness Ruins
Dungeness Ruins are the remains of a once-grand Carnegie family mansion on Georgia’s Cumberland Island, now a prominent historic and scenic landmark within the national seashore.
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D.
Craig Mound
Craig Mound is the largest and most prominent burial mound at the Spiro Mounds archaeological site in Oklahoma, renowned for its rich trove of Mississippian cultural artifacts.
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E.
Lake Innes Ruins
Lake Innes Ruins are the remains of a 19th-century colonial estate near Port Macquarie, New South Wales, notable for their historical significance and picturesque, overgrown setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mimbres culture site
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archaeological site ⓘ pueblo ruin ⓘ |
| archaeologicalDiscipline | Southwestern archaeology ⓘ |
| associatedCulture | Mogollon culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | Ancestral Puebloan and Mogollon regional sequence ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culture | Mimbres branch of the Mogollon culture ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | multiple archaeological projects ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalFeature |
burials
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middens ⓘ plaza areas ⓘ room blocks ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalRemains | ancient pueblo remains ⓘ |
| hasArtifactType |
Mimbres black-on-white pottery
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botanical remains ⓘ ceramic bowls with figurative designs ⓘ faunal remains ⓘ ground stone implements ⓘ stone tools ⓘ |
| hasBurialPractice |
association of burials with decorated bowls
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interment beneath room floors ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceOf |
maize agriculture
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regional exchange networks ⓘ ritual and ceremonial practices ⓘ sedentary agricultural village life ⓘ |
| hasStructuralType |
adobe and masonry construction
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multi-room pueblo architecture ⓘ |
| heritageType | pre-Columbian archaeological heritage site ⓘ |
| investigatedFor |
household archaeology in the Mimbres culture
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iconographic analysis of Mimbres pottery ⓘ settlement pattern studies in the Mimbres region ⓘ |
| knownFor | distinctive Mimbres pottery ⓘ |
| locatedIn | American Southwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialCultureStyle |
Mimbres black-on-white figurative designs
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Mimbres black-on-white geometric designs ⓘ |
| partOf | Mimbres Valley archaeological region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | partially excavated and partially preserved in situ ⓘ |
| region | Southwestern United States archaeology ⓘ |
| researchTopic |
Mimbres ceramic iconography
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Mimbres mortuary practices ⓘ Mimbres social organization ⓘ pithouse-to-pueblo transition in the Mimbres Valley ⓘ |
| significance |
important for study of Southwestern prehistoric pottery
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key site for understanding Mimbres branch of Mogollon culture ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Classic Mimbres period
NERFINISHED
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Late Pithouse to Pueblo transition in the Mimbres region ⓘ |
| usedFor | archaeological field schools and research ⓘ |
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