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Documented Living Tradition Supported by contemporary ethnography, direct observation, interviews, or testimony from living practitioners. 4 Strong Historical Evidence Supported by colonial records, historical documents, Indigenous texts, or multiple reliable scholarly sources. 3 Archaeological Interpretation Based on artifacts, iconography, codices, sculpture, or material evidence whose ritual meaning must be reconstructed. 2 Newly Documented Supported by recent research that is credible but still developing in the peer-reviewed literature. 1 Disputed A meaningful scholarly theory with serious disagreement or insufficient direct evidence. 2 Speculative A claim repeated in popular psychedelic culture but poorly supported by primary evidence. 1