The Newark Holy Stones – Episode 7

We interview two authorities on the Newark Holy Stones, Brad Lepper and Jeff Gill. We go over the discovery of the stones, how they fit into the larger culture of faked artifacts of the Victorian era, and discuss how Brad and Jeff went about debunking these rather fascinating stones.

Links

• Newark earthworks

• Ohio Archaeology an Illustrated Chronicle of Ohio’s Ancient American Indian Culture

• The Newark “Holy Stones”: The Social Context of an Enduring Scientific Forgery

• More on the Newark Holy Stone

  • http://apps.ohiohistory.org/ohioarchaeology/newark-holy-stone-is-featured-on-america-unearthed/

  • http://apps.ohiohistory.org/ohioarchaeology/conclusive-proof-that-the-newark-decalogue-stone-is-a-forgery-and-not-a-very-good-one-at-that/

  • http://apps.ohiohistory.org/ohioarchaeology/a-likely-source-for-the-design-of-the-newark-decalouge-stone/

• Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History – Part Two: False Messages in Stone

• Ohio History Blog

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