Eastern Agricultural Complex
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The Eastern Agricultural Complex was a prehistoric North American system of plant domestication and cultivation, centered in the Eastern Woodlands and involving native seed crops such as goosefoot, sumpweed, and maygrass before the widespread adoption of maize agriculture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eastern Agricultural Complex canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9693652 — 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: Eastern Agricultural Complex Context triple: [Woodland period, associatedWith, Eastern Agricultural Complex]
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Adena culture
The Adena culture was an early Native American mound-building society of the Early Woodland period in the Ohio Valley, known for its conical burial mounds, elaborate mortuary practices, and distinctive pottery and stone tools.
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B.
Glades culture
Glades culture was a pre-Columbian Native American archaeological culture of southern Florida, known for its distinctive pottery and adaptation to the Everglades environment.
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C.
Fertile Crescent
The Fertile Crescent is a historically rich, agriculturally productive region in the Middle East often regarded as one of the cradles of civilization, where early farming and some of the first complex societies emerged.
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D.
Plateau culture area
The Plateau culture area is a North American cultural region encompassing the intermountain plateau lands between the Rocky Mountains and the Cascades, traditionally inhabited by various Indigenous peoples including the Southern Paiute.
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E.
Irrigation Civilizations
"Irrigation Civilizations" is a seminal anthropological work by Julian Steward that analyzes how large-scale irrigation systems shaped the development and organization of early complex societies.
- 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: Eastern Agricultural Complex Target entity description: The Eastern Agricultural Complex was a prehistoric North American system of plant domestication and cultivation, centered in the Eastern Woodlands and involving native seed crops such as goosefoot, sumpweed, and maygrass before the widespread adoption of maize agriculture.
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A.
Adena culture
The Adena culture was an early Native American mound-building society of the Early Woodland period in the Ohio Valley, known for its conical burial mounds, elaborate mortuary practices, and distinctive pottery and stone tools.
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B.
Glades culture
Glades culture was a pre-Columbian Native American archaeological culture of southern Florida, known for its distinctive pottery and adaptation to the Everglades environment.
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C.
Fertile Crescent
The Fertile Crescent is a historically rich, agriculturally productive region in the Middle East often regarded as one of the cradles of civilization, where early farming and some of the first complex societies emerged.
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D.
Plateau culture area
The Plateau culture area is a North American cultural region encompassing the intermountain plateau lands between the Rocky Mountains and the Cascades, traditionally inhabited by various Indigenous peoples including the Southern Paiute.
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E.
Irrigation Civilizations
"Irrigation Civilizations" is a seminal anthropological work by Julian Steward that analyzes how large-scale irrigation systems shaped the development and organization of early complex societies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological culture complex
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plant domestication complex ⓘ prehistoric agricultural system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | EAC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture |
Archaic cultures of Eastern North America
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Early Woodland cultures of Eastern North America ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Mississippi Valley
NERFINISHED
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Ohio River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Ozark Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedBefore | widespread maize agriculture in Eastern North America ⓘ |
| followedBy | maize-beans-squash agricultural complex in Eastern Woodlands ⓘ |
| hasCrop |
Chenopodium berlandieri
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Helianthus annuus NERFINISHED ⓘ Hordeum pusillum NERFINISHED ⓘ Iva annua ⓘ Phalaris caroliniana NERFINISHED ⓘ Polygonum erectum NERFINISHED ⓘ goosefoot ⓘ knotweed ⓘ little barley ⓘ maygrass ⓘ possibly bottle gourd ⓘ sumpweed ⓘ sunflower ⓘ |
| hasCropType |
annual seed-bearing plants
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oily seed crops ⓘ starchy seed crops ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceType |
archaeobotanical remains
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carbonized seeds ⓘ processing tools ⓘ storage pits ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
demonstrates independent domestication of plants in Eastern North America
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represents transition from foraging to food production in Eastern Woodlands ⓘ |
| hasTemporalExtent |
Archaic period
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Early Woodland period NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Archaic period ⓘ |
| involvesProcess |
cultivation of native seed crops
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horticulture ⓘ incipient agriculture ⓘ plant domestication ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eastern North America
NERFINISHED
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Eastern Woodlands of North America NERFINISHED ⓘ interior Eastern Woodlands ⓘ |
| partOf |
independent centers of plant domestication
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pre-maize agricultural traditions in North America ⓘ |
| precededBy | foraging-based subsistence in Eastern Woodlands ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
anthropology
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archaeology ⓘ paleoethnobotany ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eastern Agricultural Complex Description of subject: The Eastern Agricultural Complex was a prehistoric North American system of plant domestication and cultivation, centered in the Eastern Woodlands and involving native seed crops such as goosefoot, sumpweed, and maygrass before the widespread adoption of maize agriculture.
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