Shiloh Indian Mounds
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Shiloh Indian Mounds is a significant Mississippian-era archaeological site in Tennessee featuring earthen platform mounds and village remains that illuminate the complex pre-Columbian societies of the southeastern United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shiloh Indian Mounds canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shiloh Indian Mounds Context triple: [Mississippian culture, majorSite, Shiloh Indian Mounds]
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A.
Kincaid Mounds
Kincaid Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Ohio River Valley, known for its large earthen platform mounds and role as a regional center of Mississippian culture.
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B.
Etowah Indian Mounds
Etowah Indian Mounds is a significant prehistoric archaeological site in Georgia featuring large earthen mounds built by the Mississippian peoples between roughly 1000 and 1550 CE.
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C.
Winterville Mounds
Winterville Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in Mississippi featuring large earthen platform mounds built by the Mississippian culture.
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D.
Town Creek Indian Mound
Town Creek Indian Mound is a significant archaeological site in North Carolina featuring a reconstructed Mississippian-era ceremonial center with platform mounds and associated village remains.
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E.
Angel Mounds
Angel Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in Indiana that preserves the remains of a large Mississippian culture town and its earthen platform mounds.
- 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: Shiloh Indian Mounds Target entity description: Shiloh Indian Mounds is a significant Mississippian-era archaeological site in Tennessee featuring earthen platform mounds and village remains that illuminate the complex pre-Columbian societies of the southeastern United States.
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A.
Kincaid Mounds
Kincaid Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Ohio River Valley, known for its large earthen platform mounds and role as a regional center of Mississippian culture.
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B.
Etowah Indian Mounds
Etowah Indian Mounds is a significant prehistoric archaeological site in Georgia featuring large earthen mounds built by the Mississippian peoples between roughly 1000 and 1550 CE.
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C.
Winterville Mounds
Winterville Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in Mississippi featuring large earthen platform mounds built by the Mississippian culture.
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D.
Town Creek Indian Mound
Town Creek Indian Mound is a significant archaeological site in North Carolina featuring a reconstructed Mississippian-era ceremonial center with platform mounds and associated village remains.
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E.
Angel Mounds
Angel Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in Indiana that preserves the remains of a large Mississippian culture town and its earthen platform mounds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mississippian culture site
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archaeological site ⓘ prehistoric Native American site ⓘ |
| accessibleTo | visitors ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidence |
botanical remains
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ceramics ⓘ faunal remains ⓘ house patterns ⓘ stone tools ⓘ |
| associatedWith | prehistoric mound-building peoples ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culture | Mississippian culture ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
National Register of Historic Places records
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linked to:
National Register of Historic Places
|
| endDate | circa 1450 CE ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Clarence Bloomfield Moore ⓘ |
| excavatedIn | 1899 ⓘ |
| function |
ceremonial center
ⓘ
residential village ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
burial areas
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earthen platform mounds ⓘ palisade remains ⓘ plaza area ⓘ village remains ⓘ |
| hasInterpretiveTrails | yes ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | 1989 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hardin County, Tennessee
ⓘ
Shiloh National Military Park ⓘ
linked to:
Shiloh battlefield area
Tennessee ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Southeastern United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
|
| locatedOn | Tennessee River ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| near |
Shiloh Civil War battlefield
ⓘ
linked to:
Shiloh battlefield area
|
| numberOfMounds | at least 8 ⓘ |
| overlooks | Tennessee River floodplain ⓘ |
| partOf |
Shiloh National Historic Landmark District
ⓘ
linked to:
Shiloh battlefield area
|
| preservationStatus | protected ⓘ |
| researchTopic |
Mississippian social organization
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prehistoric subsistence patterns ⓘ regional interaction networks ⓘ |
| significance |
illustrates complex pre-Columbian societies of the Southeast
ⓘ
important for study of Mississippian chiefdoms ⓘ |
| startDate | circa 1000 CE ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Mississippian period ⓘ |
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Subject: Shiloh Indian Mounds Description of subject: Shiloh Indian Mounds is a significant Mississippian-era archaeological site in Tennessee featuring earthen platform mounds and village remains that illuminate the complex pre-Columbian societies of the southeastern United States.
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