Patrick Ryan Williams
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Patrick Ryan Williams is an archaeologist known for leading excavations at the Cerro Baúl site in Peru, contributing significantly to the study of ancient Andean civilizations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patrick Ryan Williams canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10303634 — 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: Patrick Ryan Williams Context triple: [Cerro Baúl, archaeologicalExcavationsBy, Patrick Ryan Williams]
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A.
Tyler Williams
Tyler Williams is a music producer known for his work under the moniker M.O.
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B.
Patrick Williams
Patrick Williams was an American composer, arranger, and conductor renowned for his work in film, television, and jazz.
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C.
Patrick Williams
Patrick Williams is an American professional basketball player and former Florida State standout known for his versatile forward play and defensive potential in the NBA.
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D.
Brian Douglas Williams
Brian Douglas Williams is an American television journalist best known for anchoring NBC Nightly News and later hosting "The 11th Hour" on MSNBC.
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E.
Steven Williams
Steven Williams is an American actor best known for his roles in television series such as 21 Jump Street, The X-Files, and Supernatural.
- 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: Patrick Ryan Williams Target entity description: Patrick Ryan Williams is an archaeologist known for leading excavations at the Cerro Baúl site in Peru, contributing significantly to the study of ancient Andean civilizations.
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A.
Tyler Williams
Tyler Williams is a music producer known for his work under the moniker M.O.
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B.
Patrick Williams
Patrick Williams is an American professional basketball player and former Florida State standout known for his versatile forward play and defensive potential in the NBA.
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C.
Patrick Williams
Patrick Williams was an American composer, arranger, and conductor renowned for his work in film, television, and jazz.
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D.
Brian Douglas Williams
Brian Douglas Williams is an American television journalist best known for anchoring NBC Nightly News and later hosting "The 11th Hour" on MSNBC.
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E.
Steven Williams
Steven Williams is an American actor best known for his roles in television series such as 21 Jump Street, The X-Files, and Supernatural.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | archaeologist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in Anthropology ⓘ |
| affiliation | Department of Anthropology, Field Museum of Natural History ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| educatedAt |
University of Florida
ⓘ
University of Michigan ⓘ |
| employer | Field Museum of Natural History ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Andean archaeology
ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ |
| geographicFocus |
Moquegua Valley, southern Peru
ⓘ
south-central Andes ⓘ
linked to:
Central Andes
|
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasPublicationType |
book chapters
ⓘ
edited volumes ⓘ peer-reviewed journal articles ⓘ |
| hasResearchProject |
Cerro Baúl Archaeological Project
ⓘ
Moquegua Valley archaeological investigations ⓘ |
| hasRole |
principal investigator of Cerro Baúl excavations
ⓘ
project director for Andean archaeological fieldwork ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leading excavations at Cerro Baúl
ⓘ
research on ancient Andean civilizations ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| notableWork | excavations at Cerro Baúl in Peru ⓘ |
| occupation | archaeologist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Curator of Anthropology at the Field Museum of Natural History
ⓘ
Head of Anthropology at the Field Museum of Natural History ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
complex societies in the Andes
ⓘ
interregional interaction in the Andes ⓘ political economy in ancient Andes ⓘ pre-Columbian Andes ⓘ |
| researchMethod |
archaeological excavation
ⓘ
archaeological survey ⓘ ceramic analysis ⓘ |
| studies |
Tiwanaku culture
ⓘ
Wari culture ⓘ
linked to:
Wari tradition
Wari imperial expansion ⓘ ancient Andean civilizations ⓘ ancient brewing practices in the Andes ⓘ frontier dynamics in the Wari empire ⓘ imperial-provincial relations in the Andes ⓘ ritual and feasting in Andean societies ⓘ urbanism in ancient Andes ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cerro Baúl
ⓘ
Peru ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
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