Medora site
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The Medora site is an important archaeological location in Louisiana that served as the type site for defining the Plaquemine culture of the prehistoric Lower Mississippi Valley.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Medora site canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9253163 — 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: Medora site Context triple: [Plaquemine culture, hasSite, Medora site]
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A.
Medora
Medora is the courageous and devoted heroine of Lord Byron’s narrative poem "The Corsair," often depicted as the pirate Conrad’s beloved.
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B.
Lindenmeier site
The Lindenmeier site is a renowned Folsom culture archaeological site in Colorado that preserves extensive evidence of early Paleo-Indian hunter-gatherers and their bison-hunting activities.
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C.
Medora, North Dakota
Medora, North Dakota is a small historic town in the Badlands of western North Dakota known as a gateway to outdoor recreation, cowboy culture, and the legacy of President Theodore Roosevelt.
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D.
Fort Stephenson site
The Fort Stephenson site is a historic landmark in Fremont, Ohio, commemorating the War of 1812 fort and the successful American defense led by Major George Croghan.
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E.
Fort Morgan State Historic Site
Fort Morgan State Historic Site is a 19th-century masonry fort and coastal defense landmark at the mouth of Mobile Bay in Alabama, known for its role in the Civil War and as a popular historic and recreational destination.
- 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: Medora site Target entity description: The Medora site is an important archaeological location in Louisiana that served as the type site for defining the Plaquemine culture of the prehistoric Lower Mississippi Valley.
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A.
Medora
Medora is the courageous and devoted heroine of Lord Byron’s narrative poem "The Corsair," often depicted as the pirate Conrad’s beloved.
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B.
Lindenmeier site
The Lindenmeier site is a renowned Folsom culture archaeological site in Colorado that preserves extensive evidence of early Paleo-Indian hunter-gatherers and their bison-hunting activities.
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C.
Medora, North Dakota
Medora, North Dakota is a small historic town in the Badlands of western North Dakota known as a gateway to outdoor recreation, cowboy culture, and the legacy of President Theodore Roosevelt.
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D.
Fort Stephenson site
The Fort Stephenson site is a historic landmark in Fremont, Ohio, commemorating the War of 1812 fort and the successful American defense led by Major George Croghan.
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E.
Fort Morgan State Historic Site
Fort Morgan State Historic Site is a 19th-century masonry fort and coastal defense landmark at the mouth of Mobile Bay in Alabama, known for its role in the Civil War and as a popular historic and recreational destination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Plaquemine culture site
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| archaeologicalCulture | Plaquemine ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lower Mississippi Valley archaeology
ⓘ
Plaquemine Mississippian traditions ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culture | Plaquemine culture ⓘ |
| endDate | circa 1600 CE ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | James A. Ford ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
platform mound
ⓘ
plaza ⓘ village area ⓘ |
| hasRole | type site of the Plaquemine culture ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important regional archaeological resource ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Louisiana
ⓘ
Lower Mississippi Valley ⓘ
linked to:
Mississippi River valley
|
| locatedInOrNear |
West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
ⓘ
linked to:
West Baton Rouge Parish
town of Erwinville, Louisiana ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Mississippi River ⓘ |
| namedAfter | nearby Medora plantation ⓘ |
| region |
American Southeast
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
|
| researchTopic |
ceramic typology of the Plaquemine culture
ⓘ
prehistoric mound-building societies ⓘ |
| significance | defined characteristics of the Plaquemine culture ⓘ |
| startDate | circa 1200 CE ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Late Prehistoric period
ⓘ
Mississippian era ⓘ |
| use |
prehistoric ceremonial center
ⓘ
prehistoric village site ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Medora site Description of subject: The Medora site is an important archaeological location in Louisiana that served as the type site for defining the Plaquemine culture of the prehistoric Lower Mississippi Valley.
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