Mirador Basin
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Mirador Basin is a remote, forested region in northern Guatemala known for its extensive ancient Maya archaeological sites, including some of the earliest and largest preclassic cities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mirador Basin canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10534430 — 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: Mirador Basin Context triple: [Maya lowlands, contains, Mirador Basin]
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A.
Chisos Basin
Chisos Basin is a high-elevation mountain valley in Texas’s Big Bend region, known for its dramatic volcanic scenery, cooler climate, and popular hiking trails.
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B.
Humboldt Basin
Humboldt Basin is an endorheic drainage basin in northwestern Nevada known for its dry lakebeds, including the Humboldt Sink, and its role in the Great Basin’s internal watershed.
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C.
Bowers Basin
Bowers Basin is a deep oceanic basin in the Bering Sea region, lying adjacent to and partly enclosed by the submarine Bowers Ridge.
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D.
Supe Valley
Supe Valley is a coastal river valley in Peru known as the site of Caral, one of the oldest urban centers in the Americas.
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E.
Elsa Valley
Elsa Valley is a scenic valley in Tuscany, Italy, known for its rolling hills, vineyards, and historic towns along the Elsa River.
- 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: Mirador Basin Target entity description: Mirador Basin is a remote, forested region in northern Guatemala known for its extensive ancient Maya archaeological sites, including some of the earliest and largest preclassic cities.
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A.
Chisos Basin
Chisos Basin is a high-elevation mountain valley in Texas’s Big Bend region, known for its dramatic volcanic scenery, cooler climate, and popular hiking trails.
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B.
Humboldt Basin
Humboldt Basin is an endorheic drainage basin in northwestern Nevada known for its dry lakebeds, including the Humboldt Sink, and its role in the Great Basin’s internal watershed.
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C.
Bowers Basin
Bowers Basin is a deep oceanic basin in the Bering Sea region, lying adjacent to and partly enclosed by the submarine Bowers Ridge.
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D.
Supe Valley
Supe Valley is a coastal river valley in Peru known as the site of Caral, one of the oldest urban centers in the Americas.
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E.
Elsa Valley
Elsa Valley is a scenic valley in Tuscany, Italy, known for its rolling hills, vineyards, and historic towns along the Elsa River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological region
ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ |
| contains |
bajos (seasonal swamps)
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El Mirador NERFINISHED ⓘ La Danta pyramid complex NERFINISHED ⓘ La Florida (Maya site) NERFINISHED ⓘ La Muralla NERFINISHED ⓘ Naachtun NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakbe NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacaya (Maya site) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tintal NERFINISHED ⓘ Wakna NERFINISHED ⓘ Xulnal NERFINISHED ⓘ large causeway systems ⓘ |
| country | Guatemala ⓘ |
| culturalPeriod |
Late Preclassic
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Middle Preclassic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | Late Preclassic collapse ⓘ |
| earliestMajorOccupation | circa 1000 BCE ⓘ |
| hasAccessType |
helicopter access
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limited road access ⓘ long jungle trails ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalProject | Mirador Basin Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
heavily forested
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remote ⓘ sparsely populated ⓘ |
| hasConservationStatus |
threatened by illegal logging
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threatened by looting ⓘ threatened by narcotrafficking routes ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType | tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| hasResearcher | Richard D. Hansen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
contains some of the largest pyramids in the Maya world
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one of the earliest known large-scale Maya political systems ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ancient Maya archaeological sites
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early Maya urbanism ⓘ large Preclassic Maya cities ⓘ |
| languageRegion | historically Maya languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Petén Department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Guatemala ⓘ |
| modernNearestCity | Flores, Petén NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Maya Biosphere Reserve (proposed/overlapping area)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maya Lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakUrbanDevelopment | circa 300 BCE to 150 BCE ⓘ |
| primaryCulture | Maya civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposedProtection |
Mirador Basin National Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
cultural and natural heritage reserve ⓘ |
| researchField |
Maya archaeology
ⓘ
ancient urbanism ⓘ landscape archaeology ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mirador Basin Description of subject: Mirador Basin is a remote, forested region in northern Guatemala known for its extensive ancient Maya archaeological sites, including some of the earliest and largest preclassic cities.
Referenced by (3)
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