Gila Cliff Dwellings (core archeological area)
E93200
Gila Cliff Dwellings (core archeological area) is a pre-Columbian Mogollon cliff dwelling complex in southwestern New Mexico, notable for its well-preserved stone and masonry structures built into natural caves.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T743209 — 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: Gila Cliff Dwellings (core archeological area) Context triple: [National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico, contains, Gila Cliff Dwellings (core archeological area)]
-
A.
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Chaco Culture National Historical Park is a major archaeological and cultural site in northwestern New Mexico preserving extensive ruins of Ancestral Puebloan great houses and ceremonial structures.
-
B.
Bandelier National Monument
Bandelier National Monument is a protected area in northern New Mexico known for its ancient Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings, petroglyphs, and rugged canyon-and-mesa landscapes.
-
C.
Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Canyon de Chelly National Monument is a scenic and culturally significant canyon complex in northeastern Arizona known for its dramatic sandstone cliffs, ancient Ancestral Puebloan ruins, and longstanding Navajo presence.
-
D.
Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Colorado renowned for its remarkably well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and archaeological sites.
-
E.
Hovenweep National Monument
Hovenweep National Monument is a U.S. National Monument known for its well-preserved ancestral Puebloan ruins and stone towers scattered across remote canyons and mesas in the American Southwest.
- 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: Gila Cliff Dwellings (core archeological area) Target entity description: Gila Cliff Dwellings (core archeological area) is a pre-Columbian Mogollon cliff dwelling complex in southwestern New Mexico, notable for its well-preserved stone and masonry structures built into natural caves.
-
A.
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Chaco Culture National Historical Park is a major archaeological and cultural site in northwestern New Mexico preserving extensive ruins of Ancestral Puebloan great houses and ceremonial structures.
-
B.
Bandelier National Monument
Bandelier National Monument is a protected area in northern New Mexico known for its ancient Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings, petroglyphs, and rugged canyon-and-mesa landscapes.
-
C.
Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Canyon de Chelly National Monument is a scenic and culturally significant canyon complex in northeastern Arizona known for its dramatic sandstone cliffs, ancient Ancestral Puebloan ruins, and longstanding Navajo presence.
-
D.
Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Colorado renowned for its remarkably well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and archaeological sites.
-
E.
Hovenweep National Monument
Hovenweep National Monument is a U.S. National Monument known for its well-preserved ancestral Puebloan ruins and stone towers scattered across remote canyons and mesas in the American Southwest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
cliff dwelling complex ⓘ pre-Columbian site ⓘ |
| access | hiking trail from visitor center ⓘ |
| approximateConstructionDate | late 13th century CE ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfRooms | 40 ⓘ |
| approximateOccupationEnd | circa 1300 CE ⓘ |
| approximateOccupationStart | circa 1275 CE ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidence |
botanical remains
ⓘ
ceramic sherds ⓘ domestic artifacts ⓘ stone tools ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mogollon culture
ⓘ
surface form:
Mimbres branch of Mogollon culture
|
| builtInto | natural caves ⓘ |
| climateContext | semi-arid mountain environment ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial |
masonry
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 1760 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| function |
ceremonial center
ⓘ
residential settlement ⓘ storage and food processing area ⓘ |
| hasPart |
kiva-like ceremonial rooms
ⓘ
living quarters ⓘ multi-room masonry dwellings ⓘ storage rooms ⓘ |
| heritageCulture |
Ancestral Puebloan-related traditions
ⓘ
Mogollon culture ⓘ |
| legalProtection | protected as part of Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Grant County, New Mexico
ⓘ
western New Mexico ⓘ
surface form:
southwestern New Mexico
|
| locatedInProtectedArea |
Gila Cliff Dwellings (core archeological area)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Gila National Forest ⓘ |
| locatedInValleyOf | Gila River ⓘ |
| locatedNear | confluence of the West Fork and Middle Fork of the Gila River ⓘ |
| managingOrganization | National Park Service ⓘ |
| numberOfCavesUsed | 6 ⓘ |
| orientation | caves open primarily to the south ⓘ |
| preservationStatus |
intact room outlines
ⓘ
visible plaster and soot deposits ⓘ well-preserved masonry architecture ⓘ |
| researchUse | archaeological investigations of Mogollon lifeways ⓘ |
| roofingTechnique | timber and brush roofs over masonry walls ⓘ |
| significance |
important example of Mogollon cliff architecture
ⓘ
key site for understanding pre-Columbian occupation of the upper Gila region ⓘ notable for integration of masonry structures with natural cave morphology ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Late Mogollon period ⓘ |
| tourism | open to public visitation with controlled access ⓘ |
| wallConstruction | stone masonry with mud mortar ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Gila Cliff Dwellings (core archeological area) Description of subject: Gila Cliff Dwellings (core archeological area) is a pre-Columbian Mogollon cliff dwelling complex in southwestern New Mexico, notable for its well-preserved stone and masonry structures built into natural caves.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico
→
contains
→
Gila Cliff Dwellings (core archeological area)
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
this entity surface form:
Gila Cliff Dwellings
Gila Cliff Dwellings (core archeological area)
→
locatedInProtectedArea
→
Gila Cliff Dwellings (core archeological area)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
this entity surface form:
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
this entity surface form:
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (access region)