Volume I - The Provenance-Suppression Model: Function and Lexical Definitions

This volume introduces the Provenance-Suppression Model (PSM) and establishes the foundational terminology required for its study. The model examines how provenance visibility can diminish through processes of concealment, information loss, and evidentiary degradation, creating conditions in which provenance opacity becomes more influential than surviving provenance transparency. To analyze this phenomenon, the PSM is organized into three analytic layers: the Concealment Layer, the Epistemic Layer, and the Recovery and Validation Layer. Together, these layers provide a conceptual framework for understanding the transition from traceable origins to opaque origins and the challenges associated with provenance recovery and reconstruction.