Mimbres pottery
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Mimbres pottery is a distinctive prehistoric ceramic tradition from the American Southwest, renowned for its finely painted black-on-white bowls featuring intricate geometric designs and vivid depictions of animals and human figures.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mimbres pottery canonical | 4 |
| Classic Mimbres Black-on-white | 1 |
| Early Mimbres Black-on-white | 1 |
| Mimbres Black-on-white ceramics | 1 |
| Mimbres black-on-white | 1 |
| Mimbres black-on-white pottery | 1 |
| Mimbres pottery tradition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mimbres pottery Context triple: [Mogollon culture, associatedWith, Mimbres pottery]
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A.
Acoma Pueblo
Acoma Pueblo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited Native American settlements in the United States, renowned for its mesa-top village "Sky City" and rich Puebloan cultural heritage in western New Mexico.
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B.
Rano Raraku
Rano Raraku is the volcanic quarry on Easter Island where most of the island’s iconic moai statues were carved and partially erected.
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C.
Taos Pueblo
Taos Pueblo is a centuries-old Native American community in northern New Mexico, renowned for its multi-storied adobe buildings and continuous habitation as one of the oldest living communities in the United States.
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D.
Jemez Pueblo
Jemez Pueblo is a Native American community and sovereign pueblo of the Jemez people in north-central New Mexico, known for its Towa language, traditional culture, and historic adobe village.
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E.
Wasco
Wasco is a small agricultural city in California’s San Joaquin Valley, known historically for its rose-growing industry and farming economy.
- 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: Mimbres pottery Target entity description: Mimbres pottery is a distinctive prehistoric ceramic tradition from the American Southwest, renowned for its finely painted black-on-white bowls featuring intricate geometric designs and vivid depictions of animals and human figures.
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A.
Acoma Pueblo
Acoma Pueblo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited Native American settlements in the United States, renowned for its mesa-top village "Sky City" and rich Puebloan cultural heritage in western New Mexico.
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B.
Rano Raraku
Rano Raraku is the volcanic quarry on Easter Island where most of the island’s iconic moai statues were carved and partially erected.
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C.
Taos Pueblo
Taos Pueblo is a centuries-old Native American community in northern New Mexico, renowned for its multi-storied adobe buildings and continuous habitation as one of the oldest living communities in the United States.
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D.
Jemez Pueblo
Jemez Pueblo is a Native American community and sovereign pueblo of the Jemez people in north-central New Mexico, known for its Towa language, traditional culture, and historic adobe village.
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E.
Wasco
Wasco is a small agricultural city in California’s San Joaquin Valley, known historically for its rose-growing industry and farming economy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological culture material
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ceramic tradition ⓘ prehistoric pottery ⓘ |
| associatedWith | mortuary practices ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| culturalSignificance | key evidence for Mimbres social and ritual life ⓘ |
| culture |
Mimbres culture
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linked to:
Mogollon culture
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| developedFrom | Mogollon brownware traditions ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | Mimbres Valley ⓘ |
| firingTechnique |
open firing
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oxidizing atmosphere ⓘ |
| hasColor |
black paint
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white slip ⓘ |
| hasDecoration |
animal figures
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geometric designs ⓘ human figures ⓘ narrative scenes ⓘ |
| hasForm |
bowl
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jar ⓘ |
| hasMedium | ceramic ⓘ |
| hasStyle | black-on-white ⓘ |
| influenced | modern Southwestern pottery design ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
American Southwest
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linked to:
southwestern United States
southwestern New Mexico ⓘ |
| material |
clay
ⓘ
mineral pigments ⓘ |
| motif |
abstract geometric patterns
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ballgame scenes ⓘ birds ⓘ birth scenes ⓘ death scenes ⓘ fish ⓘ hunting scenes ⓘ insects ⓘ mythological beings ⓘ rabbits ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
fine line painting
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kill hole in bowl base ⓘ symmetrical compositions ⓘ use of central design element ⓘ |
| partOf | Mogollon culture ⓘ |
| productionTechnique | coil-and-scrape ⓘ |
| studiedBy | archaeologists ⓘ |
| surfaceTreatment | slipped ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Classic Mimbres phase
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linked to:
Mogollon culture
|
| timePeriodEnd | c. 1150 CE ⓘ |
| timePeriodStart | c. 1000 CE ⓘ |
| usedFor |
burial offerings
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domestic use ⓘ |
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Subject: Mimbres pottery Description of subject: Mimbres pottery is a distinctive prehistoric ceramic tradition from the American Southwest, renowned for its finely painted black-on-white bowls featuring intricate geometric designs and vivid depictions of animals and human figures.
Referenced by (10)
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subject linked to:
archaeologist Harry J. Shafer