Rock Art of Alta
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Rock Art of Alta is a renowned collection of prehistoric rock carvings in northern Norway, notable for its thousands of petroglyphs depicting early human life and rituals in the Arctic region.
All labels observed (1)
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| Rock Art of Alta canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Rock Art of Alta Context triple: [Alta, hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite, Rock Art of Alta]
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Great Mural rock art of Baja California
The Great Mural rock art of Baja California is a vast corpus of prehistoric cave and cliff paintings in the Sierra de San Francisco and surrounding ranges, renowned for its large, stylized depictions of humans and animals created by Indigenous peoples of the Baja California peninsula.
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Wetherill Mesa archaeological sites
Wetherill Mesa archaeological sites are a group of well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and related ruins located on Wetherill Mesa in southwestern Colorado.
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Goat Buttes
Goat Buttes is a distinctive rock formation and popular hiking and climbing destination located within Malibu Creek State Park in Southern California.
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D.
Altamira
Altamira is an industrial and port city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, known for its petrochemical complexes and strategic location on the Gulf of Mexico.
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E.
Altamira, Tamaulipas
Altamira, Tamaulipas is an industrial and port city in northeastern Mexico, known for its petrochemical complexes and its role within the greater Tampico metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rock Art of Alta Target entity description: Rock Art of Alta is a renowned collection of prehistoric rock carvings in northern Norway, notable for its thousands of petroglyphs depicting early human life and rituals in the Arctic region.
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A.
Great Mural rock art of Baja California
The Great Mural rock art of Baja California is a vast corpus of prehistoric cave and cliff paintings in the Sierra de San Francisco and surrounding ranges, renowned for its large, stylized depictions of humans and animals created by Indigenous peoples of the Baja California peninsula.
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B.
Wetherill Mesa archaeological sites
Wetherill Mesa archaeological sites are a group of well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and related ruins located on Wetherill Mesa in southwestern Colorado.
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C.
Goat Buttes
Goat Buttes is a distinctive rock formation and popular hiking and climbing destination located within Malibu Creek State Park in Southern California.
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D.
Altamira
Altamira is an industrial and port city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, known for its petrochemical complexes and strategic location on the Gulf of Mexico.
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E.
Altamira, Tamaulipas
Altamira, Tamaulipas is an industrial and port city in northeastern Mexico, known for its petrochemical complexes and its role within the greater Tampico metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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cultural heritage site ⓘ prehistoric rock art site ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Sami prehistory ⓘ |
| coordinatesRegion | Altafjord area ⓘ |
| country | Norway ⓘ |
| culture | hunter-gatherer societies ⓘ |
| depicts |
bears
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boats ⓘ elk ⓘ fish ⓘ geometric figures ⓘ human figures ⓘ hunting scenes ⓘ reindeer ⓘ ritual scenes ⓘ shamans ⓘ |
| earliestCarvingsDateFrom | circa 4200 BCE ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Amtmannsnes rock art site
ⓘ
linked to:
Kåfjord rock art site
Hjemmeluft rock art site ⓘ Kåfjord rock art site ⓘ Storsteinen rock art site ⓘ
linked to:
Kåfjord rock art site
|
| inscribedBy |
UNESCO World Heritage Committee
ⓘ
linked to:
World Heritage Committee
|
| inscriptionYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| latestCarvingsDateTo | circa 500 BCE ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alta Municipality
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Arctic Circle region ⓘ
linked to:
Arctic Circle
Northern Norway ⓘ Troms og Finnmark county ⓘ
linked to:
Troms og Finnmark
|
| managementBody |
Alta Museum IKS
ⓘ
linked to:
Alta Museum
|
| material | sandstone ⓘ |
| nearestCity | Alta ⓘ |
| numberOfPetroglyphs | over 6000 ⓘ |
| period |
Bronze Age
ⓘ
Late Stone Age ⓘ |
| protectionStatus | protected under Norwegian Cultural Heritage Act ⓘ |
| researchField |
archaeology
ⓘ
rock art studies ⓘ |
| significance |
evidence of human adaptation to Arctic environment
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largest known concentration of rock art in Northern Europe ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cultural tourism
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heritage tourism ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory | Cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(i)
ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion | Europe and North America ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId | 352 ⓘ |
| visitorCenter | Alta Museum ⓘ |
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