# Inspector task sheet

Lake Kutubu: the water tree and the women in the palms

## 1. Trace the earliest accessible record

For Lake Kutubu: the water tree and the women in the palms, 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 attributed Foi-language versions with the 1983 article and the conservation chapter's cited source. Record differences in women, dog, tree and flood episodes. Compare local landscape terminology with hydrological evidence while keeping symbolic transformation separate. Do not claim that geological resemblance identifies one historic flood without dated evidence.

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## 3. Compare explanations without merging evidence

Compare complete attributed versions and local place terms. Compare dated sediment and hydrological records without assuming a one-to-one narrative match. Preserve contradictions and unsuccessful searches; proposed work remains unperformed.

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