Effigy Tumuli
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Effigy Tumuli is a large-scale earthwork sculpture in Illinois consisting of massive animal-shaped mounds, created as a monumental example of American land art.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Effigy Tumuli canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7967103 — 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: Effigy Tumuli Context triple: [Michael Heizer, notableWork, Effigy Tumuli]
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A.
Funeral Mound
Funeral Mound is a prominent ancient Native American earthen burial mound located within the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Georgia.
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B.
Marathon tumulus
Marathon tumulus is an ancient burial mound in Marathon, Greece, commemorating the fallen Athenian soldiers of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.
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C.
Karakuş Tumulus
Karakuş Tumulus is an ancient funerary monument in southeastern Turkey, notable for its monumental columns and reliefs built as a royal burial site of the Kingdom of Commagene.
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D.
Mound
Mound is a small lakeside city in Minnesota known for its location on the shores of Lake Minnetonka.
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E.
Ishibutai Kofun
Ishibutai Kofun is a large, ancient stone burial mound in Japan’s Asuka region, renowned as one of the country’s most impressive and historically significant kofun-era tombs.
- 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: Effigy Tumuli Target entity description: Effigy Tumuli is a large-scale earthwork sculpture in Illinois consisting of massive animal-shaped mounds, created as a monumental example of American land art.
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A.
Funeral Mound
Funeral Mound is a prominent ancient Native American earthen burial mound located within the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Georgia.
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B.
Marathon tumulus
Marathon tumulus is an ancient burial mound in Marathon, Greece, commemorating the fallen Athenian soldiers of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.
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C.
Karakuş Tumulus
Karakuş Tumulus is an ancient funerary monument in southeastern Turkey, notable for its monumental columns and reliefs built as a royal burial site of the Kingdom of Commagene.
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D.
Mound
Mound is a small lakeside city in Minnesota known for its location on the shores of Lake Minnetonka.
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E.
Ishibutai Kofun
Ishibutai Kofun is a large, ancient stone burial mound in Japan’s Asuka region, renowned as one of the country’s most impressive and historically significant kofun-era tombs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
earthwork sculpture
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land art ⓘ public artwork ⓘ |
| access | open to the public ⓘ |
| artist | Michael Heizer ⓘ |
| artMovement |
Land art movement
ⓘ
linked to:
Land art
|
| category |
Earthworks (land art)
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linked to:
Land art
Outdoor sculptures in Illinois ⓘ Tourist attractions in LaSalle County, Illinois ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1985 ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | exposed to natural erosion ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Michael Heizer ⓘ |
| elevation | above Illinois River floodplain ⓘ |
| function | outdoor sculpture ⓘ |
| genre |
environmental art
ⓘ
land art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
catfish effigy mound
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frog effigy mound ⓘ snake effigy mound ⓘ turtle effigy mound ⓘ water strider effigy mound ⓘ |
| hasSubject | animals of the Illinois River ecosystem ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Native American effigy mounds ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Buffalo Rock State Park
ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| locatedNear | Ottawa, Illinois ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Illinois River ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
earth
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soil ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration with natural landscape
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large-scale animal-shaped earth mounds ⓘ |
| numberOfMounds | 5 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1985 ⓘ |
| owner | Illinois Department of Natural Resources ⓘ |
| purpose | contemporary reinterpretation of effigy mounds ⓘ |
| region | LaSalle County, Illinois ⓘ |
| scale | monumental ⓘ |
| situatedWithin | Buffalo Rock State Park ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
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