Chaco Culture National Historical Park

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World Heritage Site archaeological site cultural landscape national historical park

Chaco Culture National Historical Park is a major archaeological and cultural site in northwestern New Mexico preserving extensive ruins of Ancestral Puebloan great houses and ceremonial structures.

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Label	Occurrences
Chaco Culture National Historical Park canonical	22
Chaco Canyon	14
Chaco Culture World Heritage Site	4
Chaco Culture	3
Chaco Canyon region	2
UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Chaco Culture)	2
Aztec Ruins (core great house complex)	1
Chaco Canyon National Monument	1
Chaco Canyon World Heritage Site	1
Chaco Canyon archaeological sites	1
Chaco Canyon, New Mexico	1
Chaco Culture (selected great houses and sites in New Mexico)	1
Chaco Culture NHP Visitor Center	1
Chaco Culture UNESCO World Heritage Site	1
Chaco Culture archaeological complex	1
U.S. National Historical Park (within Chaco Culture NHP)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site "Chaco Culture"	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site Chaco Culture	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site Chaco Culture (as outlier)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T428912 — 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: Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Context triple: [Southwestern United States, contains, Chaco Culture National Historical Park]

A. Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Colorado renowned for its remarkably well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and archaeological sites.
B. Bandelier National Monument
Bandelier National Monument is a protected area in northern New Mexico known for its ancient Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings, petroglyphs, and rugged canyon-and-mesa landscapes.
C. Petrified Forest National Park
Petrified Forest National Park is a U.S. national park renowned for its vast deposits of colorful fossilized wood, striking badlands landscapes, and rich paleontological and archaeological resources.
D. Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a U.S. national park in southeastern New Mexico renowned for its vast limestone caves, dramatic underground chambers, and diverse speleothems.
E. Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area is a protected region near Las Vegas known for its striking red sandstone cliffs, desert landscapes, and popular hiking and rock climbing opportunities.
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: Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Target entity description: Chaco Culture National Historical Park is a major archaeological and cultural site in northwestern New Mexico preserving extensive ruins of Ancestral Puebloan great houses and ceremonial structures.

A. Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Colorado renowned for its remarkably well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and archaeological sites.
B. Bandelier National Monument
Bandelier National Monument is a protected area in northern New Mexico known for its ancient Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings, petroglyphs, and rugged canyon-and-mesa landscapes.
C. Petrified Forest National Park
Petrified Forest National Park is a U.S. national park renowned for its vast deposits of colorful fossilized wood, striking badlands landscapes, and rich paleontological and archaeological resources.
D. Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a U.S. national park in southeastern New Mexico renowned for its vast limestone caves, dramatic underground chambers, and diverse speleothems.
E. Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area is a protected region near Las Vegas known for its striking red sandstone cliffs, desert landscapes, and popular hiking and rock climbing opportunities.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Heritage Site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ cultural landscape ⓘ national historical park ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Chaco Canyon ⓘ linked to: Chaco Culture National Historical Park
architectureStyle	Ancestral Puebloan masonry ⓘ linked to: Aztec Ruins
area	approximately 137 square kilometers ⓘ approximately 33,000 hectares ⓘ
contains	Casa Rinconada ⓘ Chetro Ketl ⓘ Hungo Pavi ⓘ Kin Kletso ⓘ Pueblo Bonito ⓘ Pueblo del Arroyo ⓘ Una Vida ⓘ Wijiji ⓘ ceremonial structures ⓘ great houses ⓘ great kivas ⓘ prehistoric roads ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
culturalAffiliation	Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ
designatedAs	Chaco Culture National Historical Park ⓘ
established	December 19, 1980 ⓘ
governingBody	U.S. National Park Service ⓘ linked to: National Park Service
IUCNCategory	III ⓘ
listedOn	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn	McKinley County, New Mexico ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ San Juan County, New Mexico ⓘ
managedBy	National Park Service ⓘ
nearestCity	Bloomfield, New Mexico ⓘ Farmington, New Mexico ⓘ
partOf	U.S. National Park System ⓘ linked to: United States National Park System
previousDesignation	Chaco Canyon National Monument ⓘ linked to: Chaco Culture National Historical Park
previousDesignationYear	1907 ⓘ
primaryAccessRoad	New Mexico State Road 57 ⓘ New Mexico State Road 7900 ⓘ linked to: New Mexico State Road 57
primaryCulturalPeriod	AD 850–1250 ⓘ
protectedFor	preservation of Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites ⓘ protection of cultural and spiritual landscape ⓘ
recognizedFor	alignment of buildings with solar and lunar events ⓘ complex road system radiating from Chaco Canyon ⓘ extensive ruins of multi‑story great houses ⓘ
region	northwestern New Mexico ⓘ
significance	important astronomical and ceremonial complex ⓘ major center of Ancestral Puebloan culture ⓘ
timeZone	Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion	Americas ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1987 ⓘ
visitorCenter	Chaco Culture NHP Visitor Center ⓘ linked to: Chaco Culture National Historical Park

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Referenced by (60)

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

Southwestern United States → contains → Chaco Culture National Historical Park ⓘ

subject linked to: southwestern United States

Four Corners region → contains → Chaco Culture National Historical Park ⓘ

National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico → contains → Chaco Culture (selected great houses and sites in New Mexico) ⓘ