Mound Key

E376063

archaeological site island

Mound Key is an archaeological island site in Estero Bay, Florida, that served as the principal ceremonial and political center of the Calusa people.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mound Key canonical	2
Calusa cultural landscape	1
Mound Key Archaeological State Park	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3636739 — 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: Mound Key
Context triple: [Calusa, capital, Mound Key]

A. Moundville Archaeological Park
Moundville Archaeological Park is a major pre-Columbian Native American site featuring large earthen mounds and artifacts from the Mississippian culture, located along the Black Warrior River in Alabama.
B. Kolomoki Mounds
Kolomoki Mounds is a major Woodland-period Native American ceremonial and village complex in present-day Georgia, notable for its large earthen mounds and extensive archaeological remains.
C. Spiro Mounds
Spiro Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in present-day Oklahoma, known for its large earthen mounds and role as a major ceremonial and trade center of the Mississippian culture.
D. 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.
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: Mound Key
Target entity description: Mound Key is an archaeological island site in Estero Bay, Florida, that served as the principal ceremonial and political center of the Calusa people.

A. Moundville Archaeological Park
Moundville Archaeological Park is a major pre-Columbian Native American site featuring large earthen mounds and artifacts from the Mississippian culture, located along the Black Warrior River in Alabama.
B. Kolomoki Mounds
Kolomoki Mounds is a major Woodland-period Native American ceremonial and village complex in present-day Georgia, notable for its large earthen mounds and extensive archaeological remains.
C. Spiro Mounds
Spiro Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in present-day Oklahoma, known for its large earthen mounds and role as a major ceremonial and trade center of the Mississippian culture.
D. 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.
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 (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ island ⓘ
archaeologicalSignificance	evidence of complex chiefdom-level society ⓘ evidence of large-scale shell construction ⓘ
associatedPeople	Calusa people ⓘ linked to: Calusa
associatedWith	Calusa capital ⓘ
associatedWithCulture	Calusa ⓘ
composedPrimarilyOf	shell deposits ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
county	Lee County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalHeritageOf	Indigenous peoples of Florida ⓘ
culturalPeriod	Late Prehistoric Florida ⓘ Mississippian-related Southeast chiefdoms ⓘ
ecosystemType	coastal island ⓘ
elevationType	midden mound ⓘ
governingBody	State of Florida ⓘ linked to: Florida
hasArchaeologicalRemains	canals ⓘ mounds ⓘ plazas ⓘ shell middens ⓘ structural remains ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalType	shell mound site ⓘ
hasEnvironment	estuarine environment ⓘ
hasHistoricUse	ceremonial center ⓘ political center ⓘ
heritageDesignation	U.S. National Register of Historic Places site ⓘ linked to: National Register of Historic Places
locatedIn	Estero Bay ⓘ Florida ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
locatedInBodyOfWater	Estero Bay ⓘ
locatedNear	Estero Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Myers Beach ⓘ
partOf	Calusa cultural landscape ⓘ linked to: Mound Key Calusa domain ⓘ
protectedAs	state archaeological site ⓘ
region	Southwest Florida ⓘ
servedAs	principal ceremonial center of the Calusa ⓘ principal political center of the Calusa ⓘ
significance	important archaeological site in Southwest Florida ⓘ major center of Calusa power ⓘ
state	Florida ⓘ
timePeriod	Contact period ⓘ pre-Columbian era ⓘ
usedFor	political administration ⓘ residential occupation ⓘ ritual activities ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Calusa → capital → Mound Key ⓘ

Mound Key → partOf → Calusa cultural landscape ⓘ

linked to: Mound Key

Estero Bay → nearbyIsland → Mound Key ⓘ

Estero Bay → containsArchaeologicalSite → Mound Key Archaeological State Park ⓘ