Nazca drainage
E390667
The Nazca drainage is a river basin region on Peru’s south coast that supported the Nazca culture’s settlements, agriculture, and ceremonial centers during the Early Intermediate Period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nazca drainage canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3824632 — 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: Nazca drainage Context triple: [Early Intermediate Period, associatedWith, Nazca drainage]
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A.
Moche River
The Moche River is a coastal river in northern Peru that flows through the arid region around the city of Trujillo before emptying into the Pacific Ocean.
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B.
Nazca Basin
The Nazca Basin is a deep oceanic basin in the southeastern Pacific Ocean associated with the tectonically active Nazca Plate and the adjacent Peru–Chile Trench.
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C.
Calima River basin
The Calima River basin is a region in western Colombia known as the heartland of the pre-Columbian Calima culture, noted for its rich archaeological sites and goldwork.
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D.
Choqueyapu River
The Choqueyapu River is a key waterway flowing through the city of La Paz in Bolivia, shaping its geography and urban landscape.
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E.
Chillón River
The Chillón River is a coastal river in central Peru that flows through the Lima Region from the Andes toward the Pacific Ocean, supporting agriculture and nearby urban areas.
- 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: Nazca drainage Target entity description: The Nazca drainage is a river basin region on Peru’s south coast that supported the Nazca culture’s settlements, agriculture, and ceremonial centers during the Early Intermediate Period.
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A.
Moche River
The Moche River is a coastal river in northern Peru that flows through the arid region around the city of Trujillo before emptying into the Pacific Ocean.
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B.
Nazca Basin
The Nazca Basin is a deep oceanic basin in the southeastern Pacific Ocean associated with the tectonically active Nazca Plate and the adjacent Peru–Chile Trench.
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C.
Calima River basin
The Calima River basin is a region in western Colombia known as the heartland of the pre-Columbian Calima culture, noted for its rich archaeological sites and goldwork.
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D.
Choqueyapu River
The Choqueyapu River is a key waterway flowing through the city of La Paz in Bolivia, shaping its geography and urban landscape.
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E.
Chillón River
The Chillón River is a coastal river in central Peru that flows through the Lima Region from the Andes toward the Pacific Ocean, supporting agriculture and nearby urban areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological region
ⓘ
river basin ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSignificance |
key region for studying desert agriculture
ⓘ
key region for understanding Nazca sociopolitical organization ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Nazca Lines ⓘ |
| climate | extremely low rainfall ⓘ |
| country | Peru ⓘ |
| drainsInto | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| economicBase |
cotton cultivation
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ gourd cultivation ⓘ lima bean cultivation ⓘ maize cultivation ⓘ peanut cultivation ⓘ |
| environmentType | hyper-arid desert ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSite |
Cahuachi
ⓘ
Estaquería ⓘ La Muña ⓘ Los Molinos ⓘ Tinguiña ⓘ |
| hasCeremonialCenter | Cahuachi ⓘ |
| hasMainRiver | Nazca River ⓘ |
| hasRiver |
Aja River
ⓘ
Las Trancas River ⓘ Taruga River ⓘ Tierras Blancas River ⓘ |
| hasSettlementPattern | dispersed villages along irrigation canals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
complex irrigation systems
ⓘ
long-term cultural continuity ⓘ |
| languageFamilyHistoricallySpoken | Proto-Quechuan-Aymaran vicinity (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ica Region
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Nazca Province ⓘ south coast of Peru ⓘ
linked to:
South Coast of Peru
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| partOf | Pacific watershed of Peru ⓘ |
| periodOfMajorOccupation | Early Intermediate Period ⓘ |
| regionType | oasis valleys in coastal desert ⓘ |
| researchField | Andean archaeology ⓘ |
| supportedCulture |
Nazca culture
ⓘ
Paracas culture ⓘ |
| timeSpanIntensiveUseEnd | c. 600 CE ⓘ |
| timeSpanIntensiveUseStart | c. 200 BCE ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial activities
ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ settlement ⓘ |
| waterSource | Andean runoff ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Nazca drainage Description of subject: The Nazca drainage is a river basin region on Peru’s south coast that supported the Nazca culture’s settlements, agriculture, and ceremonial centers during the Early Intermediate Period.
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