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Cluster · 1 line of comparison · 1 without an established route · 1 motif family · 3 registered objects
Neolithic Anatolia↔
1 separate line of comparison join these two traditions in this collection. 1 of them has no established route.
Motif families: Hands across the torso
Cultural context
Neolithic Anatolia Regional grouping, not a claim that every site or carving belongs to one homogeneous culture.
No numerical episode date is yet registered here.
Urfa Man Date unresolved · unresolved Cultural context
Tiwanaku A selected monumental figure; wider Andean traditions are not collapsed into this cluster.
No numerical episode date is yet registered here.
Ponce monolith Date unresolved · unresolved Line 01 · Sources partly checked
Hands drawn toward the body Anatolian, Pacific and Andean figures invite a comparison of gesture.
Urfa Man Şanlıurfa↔ Ponce monolith TiwanakuWhat appears to correspond
Arms descend beside a frontal body; the hands converge or act near the torso. What differs or remains uncertain
The Ponce figure holds objects; the other poses need separate descriptions. The hands are not necessarily directed at the same anatomical point. Similar human bodies constrain the number of comfortable or legible sculptural poses. Transmission check
No route established in this review No transmission sequence for this specific comparison has been established in the sources reviewed. That is not proof that contact was impossible.
This comparison also reaches Rapanui traditions.
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Keep in the frame
What would move this cluster forward? Collected comparisons accumulate; they do not compound into proof. Each line still needs its own dated sequence.
Trace object dates and acquisition identities. Code exact hand positions, held objects and local sculptural predecessors. Follow the evidence
Sources & scope Provisional editorial records with no independent specialist sign-off. Review stages describe how far sources were checked, not the probability of a historical connection.
claim · Hugh Newman; hosted by Graham Hancock Guest article, 29 March 2014. Specific comparisons include hands toward the abdomen, sacred centres and distant statuary.
museum · British Museum Identifies the statue and back carvings; construction and later carving episodes must be separated.
project · Deep Memory Records comparisons assembled from this repository and supplied material. An external first proposer has not been traced for every pair.
