Clovis
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Clovis is a prehistoric Native American culture known for its distinctive fluted stone spear points and for representing some of the earliest widely accepted human inhabitants of North America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clovis canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9253266 — 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: Clovis Context triple: [Cactus Hill site, hasArchaeologicalCulture, Clovis]
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A.
Clovis
Clovis is a small city in eastern New Mexico known as a regional hub for agriculture, rail transport, and nearby Cannon Air Force Base.
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B.
Clovis
Clovis is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically associated with early Frankish kings and related to names like Louis and Ludwig.
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C.
Clovis
Clovis is a city in Fresno County, California, known as a gateway to the Sierra Nevada and for its historic Old Town district.
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D.
Clovis Poplin
Clovis Poplin is the central fugitive husband in the 1974 road-crime film "The Sugarland Express," whose escape with his wife to reclaim their child drives the movie’s plot.
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E.
Gundobad
Gundobad was a powerful Burgundian king and former Roman general who played a key role in the late Western Roman Empire’s politics and later ruled the Burgundian kingdom in Gaul.
- 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: Clovis Target entity description: Clovis is a prehistoric Native American culture known for its distinctive fluted stone spear points and for representing some of the earliest widely accepted human inhabitants of North America.
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A.
Clovis
Clovis is a small city in eastern New Mexico known as a regional hub for agriculture, rail transport, and nearby Cannon Air Force Base.
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B.
Clovis
Clovis is a city in Fresno County, California, known as a gateway to the Sierra Nevada and for its historic Old Town district.
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C.
Clovis
Clovis is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically associated with early Frankish kings and related to names like Louis and Ludwig.
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D.
Clovis Poplin
Clovis Poplin is the central fugitive husband in the 1974 road-crime film "The Sugarland Express," whose escape with his wife to reclaim their child drives the movie’s plot.
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E.
Gundobad
Gundobad was a powerful Burgundian king and former Roman general who played a key role in the late Western Roman Empire’s politics and later ruled the Burgundian kingdom in Gaul.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Paleoindian culture
ⓘ
prehistoric culture ⓘ |
| approximateEnd | circa 12,800 years ago ⓘ |
| approximateStart | circa 13,500 years ago ⓘ |
| archaeologicalDebate | role in Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSignificance | defines early Paleoindian period in North America ⓘ |
| associatedFauna |
Pleistocene bison
ⓘ
mammoth ⓘ mastodon ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pleistocene megafauna
ⓘ
big-game hunting ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | among earliest widely accepted human cultures in North America ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| culturalCategory | Native American prehistory ⓘ |
| culturalPhase | early Paleoindian ⓘ |
| currentView | not necessarily the earliest human presence in the Americas ⓘ |
| datingMethod | radiocarbon dating ⓘ |
| debatedClaim | once thought to represent first human inhabitants of the Americas ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | North American archaeologists in early 20th century ⓘ |
| evidenceType |
butchering sites
ⓘ
kill sites ⓘ lithic artifacts ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
American Southwest
ⓘ
linked to:
southwestern United States
Eastern North America ⓘ North American Great Plains ⓘ
linked to:
Great Plains
parts of Mexico ⓘ |
| knownFor |
distinctive fluted stone spear points
ⓘ
early widespread human presence in North America ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| mobilityPattern | high residential mobility ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Clovis, New Mexico ⓘ |
| pointCharacteristic |
central flute removed from base toward tip
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concave base ⓘ side and basal grinding ⓘ |
| region |
Canada
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
northern Mexico ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Mexico
|
| researchTopic | peopling of the Americas ⓘ |
| subsistenceStrategy | mobile hunter-gatherers ⓘ |
| successorCulture | Folsom culture ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Late Pleistocene ⓘ |
| toolMaterial | high-quality cryptocrystalline stone ⓘ |
| toolTechnology | bifacial flaking ⓘ |
| toolType |
fluted projectile points
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stone spear points ⓘ |
| typeSite | Blackwater Draw site ⓘ |
| typeSiteLocation | near Clovis, New Mexico ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clovis Description of subject: Clovis is a prehistoric Native American culture known for its distinctive fluted stone spear points and for representing some of the earliest widely accepted human inhabitants of North America.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.