# Inspector task sheet

Malta’s cart ruts: reading tracks without a surviving vehicle

## 1. Trace the earliest accessible record

For Malta’s cart ruts: reading tracks without a surviving vehicle, 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.

Status: proposed; not completed.
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## 2. Investigate the central question

Locate the project’s final survey and digitised profiles. Record spacing, depth, substrate, intersection order and repair or disturbance for each segment. Compare proposed transport mechanisms against geometry and independent archaeological dating. Do not infer submerged continuation or lost technology from an unscaled photograph.

Status: proposed; not completed.
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## 3. Compare explanations without merging evidence

Compare measured profiles and spacing with mechanically plausible loads. Test crossings and differences in substrate against independent dating. Preserve contradictions and unsuccessful searches; proposed work remains unperformed.

Status: proposed; not completed.
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