Xiaohe cemetery

E520831

Bronze Age cemetery archaeological site burial site

Xiaohe cemetery is an ancient Bronze Age burial site in the Tarim Basin of Xinjiang, China, renowned for its remarkably well-preserved Tarim mummies and distinctive wooden boat-shaped coffins.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Xiaohe Cemetery	1
Xiaohe cemetery canonical	1
小河墓地	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5459624 — 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: Xiaohe cemetery
Context triple: [Tarim mummies, foundAt, Xiaohe cemetery]

A. Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery is a prominent state cemetery in Beijing reserved for many of the People’s Republic of China’s most distinguished political and military leaders.
B. Longhua Martyrs Cemetery
Longhua Martyrs Cemetery is a memorial park and burial ground in Shanghai dedicated to revolutionaries and martyrs, closely associated with the nearby historic Longhua Temple.
C. Kangling Mausoleum
Kangling Mausoleum is the imperial tomb complex in China where the Ming dynasty Zhengde Emperor was interred.
D. Karet Bivak Cemetery
Karet Bivak Cemetery is a major public cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia, known as the resting place of numerous prominent national figures.
E. Fuling Tomb
Fuling Tomb is an imperial mausoleum complex near Shenyang that serves as the burial site of Nurhaci, the founding emperor of the Qing dynasty, and is part of the UNESCO-listed Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
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: Xiaohe cemetery
Target entity description: Xiaohe cemetery is an ancient Bronze Age burial site in the Tarim Basin of Xinjiang, China, renowned for its remarkably well-preserved Tarim mummies and distinctive wooden boat-shaped coffins.

A. Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery is a prominent state cemetery in Beijing reserved for many of the People’s Republic of China’s most distinguished political and military leaders.
B. Longhua Martyrs Cemetery
Longhua Martyrs Cemetery is a memorial park and burial ground in Shanghai dedicated to revolutionaries and martyrs, closely associated with the nearby historic Longhua Temple.
C. Kangling Mausoleum
Kangling Mausoleum is the imperial tomb complex in China where the Ming dynasty Zhengde Emperor was interred.
D. Karet Bivak Cemetery
Karet Bivak Cemetery is a major public cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia, known as the resting place of numerous prominent national figures.
E. Fuling Tomb
Fuling Tomb is an imperial mausoleum complex near Shenyang that serves as the burial site of Nurhaci, the founding emperor of the Qing dynasty, and is part of the UNESCO-listed Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bronze Age cemetery ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ burial site ⓘ
climateCondition	extremely arid desert environment ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
discoveredIn	20th century ⓘ
earliestBurialsDateTo	early 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
excavatedBy	Chinese archaeologists ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalCulture	Tarim mummies culture complex ⓘ linked to: Tarim mummies Xiaohe culture ⓘ
hasFeature	above-ground wooden markers ⓘ animal remains including cattle and sheep ⓘ boat-shaped coffins buried vertically ⓘ cowhide-wrapped coffins ⓘ felt hats and clothing ⓘ grave goods including wheat and millet ⓘ leather boots ⓘ multiple burial layers ⓘ phallus-shaped wooden posts ⓘ plant remains including ephedra ⓘ sand dune burial mounds ⓘ vulva-shaped wooden posts ⓘ wooden masks ⓘ woolen textiles ⓘ
hasHumanRemains	European-featured mummies ⓘ Tarim Basin mummies ⓘ well-preserved hair and clothing ⓘ
hasNameInChinese	小河墓地 ⓘ linked to: Xiaohe cemetery
heritageStatus	protected cultural relics site of China ⓘ
knownFor	Tarim mummies ⓘ early evidence of Indo-European populations in Xinjiang ⓘ exceptional preservation of human remains ⓘ well-preserved textiles ⓘ wooden boat-shaped coffins ⓘ
locatedIn	Taklamakan Desert ⓘ Tarim Basin ⓘ Xinjiang ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region ⓘ linked to: Xinjiang
locatedInTime	Bronze Age ⓘ
nameMeaning	Little River cemetery ⓘ
partOf	Tarim Basin archaeological culture ⓘ linked to: Tarim mummies
preservationCause	dry climate and salt-rich sands ⓘ
radiocarbonDatedTo	circa 2000 BCE–1500 BCE ⓘ
researchField	ancient DNA studies ⓘ archaeology ⓘ physical anthropology ⓘ
significance	evidence for early trans-Eurasian contacts ⓘ important site for study of Bronze Age migration in Central Asia ⓘ insight into prehistoric populations of the Tarim Basin ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Tarim mummies → foundAt → Xiaohe cemetery ⓘ

Xiaohe cemetery → hasNameInChinese → 小河墓地 ⓘ

linked to: Xiaohe cemetery

Lop Nur → associatedArchaeologicalSite → Xiaohe Cemetery ⓘ