Cast, Not Carved · claim GEO-C543 · Observation rung · Site features and surface morphology
"Staircases" whose proportions or placement rule out walking recur at sites worldwide (Q'enqo, the Bomarzo pyramid, several Asian sites) and are better read as tiered surfaces for retaining molten reagent or casting in sequential layers.
source anchor
Fóti Ch 5, pp ~144–147
independence group: stairs-to-nowhere — related extractions in this group are not independent evidence
Evidence
No evidence records attached yet — this claim is held on its source anchor alone: the ledger knows where the proposition is stated and has admitted no observation behind it. A source is not evidence.
an honest empty state
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