Deep Memory/ Clues to a deeper past
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Across cultural traditions

Centres of the world

Stones, place names and claims of a sacred centre are different kinds of evidence.

2 selected records · 1 intake lead. Membership records a resemblance; it does not establish common origin.

Compare the recorded features

Each row describes one object, surface or textual scope. A dash means “not recorded”, not “absent”. Features across different rows do not establish co-occurrence.

Record & scopeCentre or navel association
Delphi omphalosobject and reported associationRecorded
Te Pito Kura stoneobject and reported associationRecorded
Cultural context

Greek Delphi

An omphalos in the Delphi museum
Source-linked observation

Delphi omphalos

Date unresolved

Centre or navel association

Association follows the comparison’s source dossier; object date and the age of the name are separate.

Episode, sources & image

Observation scope: object and reported association

  • Date unresolved · unresolved
    The photographed museum object needs an exact accession record and date; a tradition’s age is not the age of this example.

The project’s illustrated comparison archive

Zde CC BY-SA 4.0 Image record
Existing source image; displayed uncropped. No generated reconstruction.

Cultural context

Rapanui traditions

Rounded stone called the navel of the world at Te Pito Kura
Source-linked observation

Te Pito Kura stone

Date unresolved

Centre or navel association

Association follows the comparison’s source dossier; object date and the age of the name are separate.

Episode, sources & image

Observation scope: object and reported association

  • Date unresolved · unresolved
    No date established for this stone’s shaping, placement or association with the modern label.

The project’s illustrated comparison archive · Moai: objects, histories and Rapanui perspectives

Bjørn Christian Tørrissen CC BY-SA 3.0 Image record
Existing source image; displayed uncropped. No generated reconstruction.

The identification queue

Leads worth following.

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

Identification open · claim

Cusco, Jerusalem and the name Göbekli Tepe

The supplied planning note also mentions these centre/navel associations. No specific dated witness was supplied; the modern place name is not a Neolithic inscription.

Images, source check & next step

Next: Trace each naming tradition to dated sources before adding cultural attestations.

Input coverage and identification audit

Input coverage & corrections · Add an image or source