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Cluster · 1 line of comparison · 1 without an established route · 1 motif family · 2 registered objects
Olmec La Venta↔
1 separate line of comparison join these two traditions in this collection. 1 of them has no established route.
Motif families: Serpents & composite creatures
Cultural context
Olmec La Venta This edition represents La Venta with one monument; it cannot estimate variation across Olmec imagery.
Registered dated episodes: 900 BCE to 400 BCE.
La Venta · Monument 19 c. 900–400 BCE · site context · site context Cultural context
Identity still open Unresolved records stay discoverable without invented cultural attribution.
No numerical episode date is yet registered here.
Serpent montage · mixed sources Date unresolved · unresolved Line 01 · Research lead
When does a serpent become the same serpent? A widely shared creature needs a precise comparison.
La Venta · Monument 19 La Venta↔ Serpent montage · mixed sources Place unresolvedWhat appears to correspond
Elongated, curving creatures recur in the assembled presentations. What differs or remains uncertain
Some component images are unlocated and undated. Horns, feathers, beaks and crest-like forms should not be merged into one binary feature. Transmission check
Transmission not yet assessed The comparison is not yet identified or dated well enough to exclude ordinary transmission, later borrowing or an image-selection effect.
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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.
Split the montage into independently sourced surfaces. Document local serpent traditions before testing a shared bundle of features. 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 · Bruce Fenton The project retains the supplied thread with known gaps, images and later source checks.
research · INAH Page 18, figure 17: figure within a serpent and a possible copal bag. This does not establish the meaning of distant handled forms.
project · Deep Memory Preserves captions, uncertainties and supplied images. A social caption is not an independent archaeological identification.
