Sesklo
E822760
Sesklo is an important early Neolithic settlement site in Thessaly, Greece, known for its well-preserved architecture and distinctive painted pottery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sesklo canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9822717 — 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: Sesklo Context triple: [Neolithic Aegean, hasNotableSite, Sesklo]
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A.
Fayence
Fayence is a picturesque hilltop village in southeastern France’s Var department, known for its medieval charm and proximity to the French Riviera.
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B.
Heby
Heby is a small locality in central Sweden that serves as the main town and seat of Heby Municipality in Uppsala County.
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C.
Tanagra
Tanagra was an ancient Greek city in Boeotia, noted for its strategic location and for the finely crafted terracotta figurines known as Tanagra figurines.
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D.
Kallimarmaro
Kallimarmaro is the all-marble Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, renowned as an ancient athletic venue revived for the first modern Olympic Games.
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E.
Hagiorite
Hagiorite is an honorific epithet denoting a monk or saint associated with the monastic community of Mount Athos in Greece.
- 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: Sesklo Target entity description: Sesklo is an important early Neolithic settlement site in Thessaly, Greece, known for its well-preserved architecture and distinctive painted pottery.
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A.
Fayence
Fayence is a picturesque hilltop village in southeastern France’s Var department, known for its medieval charm and proximity to the French Riviera.
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B.
Heby
Heby is a small locality in central Sweden that serves as the main town and seat of Heby Municipality in Uppsala County.
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C.
Tanagra
Tanagra was an ancient Greek city in Boeotia, noted for its strategic location and for the finely crafted terracotta figurines known as Tanagra figurines.
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D.
Kallimarmaro
Kallimarmaro is the all-marble Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, renowned as an ancient athletic venue revived for the first modern Olympic Games.
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E.
Hagiorite
Hagiorite is an honorific epithet denoting a monk or saint associated with the monastic community of Mount Athos in Greece.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neolithic settlement
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archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
domestication of plants and animals
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early agriculture in Greece ⓘ |
| chronologicalRelation | earlier than Dimini ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | approx. 39.4°N 22.8°E ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| culture | Sesklo culture ⓘ |
| endDate | c. 5000 BC ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Christos Tsountas ⓘ |
| excavationStart | late 19th century ⓘ |
| floruit | c. 6500–5500 BC ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceOf |
barley cultivation
ⓘ
bone tools ⓘ cattle keeping ⓘ figurines ⓘ household shrines or cult areas ⓘ pig husbandry ⓘ sheep and goat herding ⓘ stone tool production ⓘ wheat cultivation ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central mound (tell)
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courtyard spaces ⓘ defensive wall in later phases ⓘ domestic hearths ⓘ nucleated village plan ⓘ plastered floors ⓘ rectangular houses ⓘ stone socles with mudbrick superstructures ⓘ storage facilities ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | important prehistoric site of Greece ⓘ |
| influenced | Dimini culture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
distinctive painted pottery
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early Neolithic architecture ⓘ one of the earliest farming communities in Europe ⓘ planned settlement layout ⓘ stone foundations of houses ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Thessaly ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Volos ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Magnesia regional unit ⓘ |
| namedAfter | nearby modern village of Sesklo ⓘ |
| partOf |
Neolithic Thessaly
ⓘ
linked to:
Neolithic Aegean
|
| period |
Early Neolithic
ⓘ
linked to:
Neolithic period
Middle Neolithic ⓘ |
| potteryStyle |
fine burnished wares
ⓘ
geometric painted motifs ⓘ red-on-cream painted pottery ⓘ |
| region |
Aegean Neolithic
ⓘ
linked to:
Neolithic Aegean
|
| startDate | c. 7000 BC ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sesklo Description of subject: Sesklo is an important early Neolithic settlement site in Thessaly, Greece, known for its well-preserved architecture and distinctive painted pottery.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.