Deep Memory/ Clues to a deeper past
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Across cultural traditions

Squatting & birthing figures

A posture comparison whose identities, episodes and meanings need untangling.

0 selected records · 2 intake leads. Membership records a resemblance; it does not establish common origin.

The identification queue

Leads worth following.

Preserved claims and images, awaiting the checks needed for object records.

Identification open · claim

Yingarna, bags and creation

The archive identifies the Injalak Hill painting and reports scholarship placing it among recent, post-contact paintings. It cannot be assigned the pillar’s Neolithic age.

Images, source check & next step
Yingarna painting at Injalak Hill; bags and creation narrative are part of the comparison.
Yingarna painting at Injalak Hill; bags and creation narrative are part of the comparison.
Supplied archive; see original image register. Underlying rights unresolved; reproduced for commentary.

Next: Follow the local interpretation and earliest documentation; separate the painting’s age from the age of the tradition.

Input coverage and identification audit · Preserved Fenton comparison thread · Supplied-image identity register

Identification open · claim

Lion Building graffito and Australian paintings

The excavation description treats the squatting figure as a later graffito. Two Australian paintings remain unidentified; “birthing” is a proposed interpretation.

Images, source check & next step
Fenton’s comparison of squatting figures and a Rainbow Serpent painting.
Fenton’s comparison of squatting figures and a Rainbow Serpent painting.
Supplied archive; see original image register. Underlying rights unresolved; reproduced for commentary.

Next: Identify and date each depicted surface independently.

Input coverage and identification audit · Preserved Fenton comparison thread · Supplied-image identity register

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