# Inspector task sheet

Guatavita: the offering behind El Dorado

## 1. Trace the earliest accessible record

For Guatavita: the offering behind El Dorado, record author or storyteller, collection date, language, translation, page and exact scope. Distinguish evidence of a story being told from evidence of its events. Note which full documents remain unavailable.

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## 2. Investigate the central question

Compare early chronicles, their informants and later translations with museum object provenance. Keep each offering location separate. Investigate what the raft actually depicts without assigning it an undocumented ritual occasion. Trace the shift from an offering practice to a treasure-search narrative.

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## 3. Compare explanations without merging evidence

Trace changes in wording, geographic scope and promised wealth across dated accounts. Compare attributable variants and distinguish religious meaning from archaeological claims. Preserve contradictions and unsuccessful searches; proposed work remains unperformed.

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