The stone shows respect and praise to the God of Israel . Mound 2 had a diameter of 44 feet (13m) and height of 10 feet (3.0m), and Mound 3 had a diameter of 28 feet (8.5m) and height of 5 feet (1.5m). earth. Macoy's illustrator, who was The Bat Creek Stone was recovered during a professional archaeological dig by John W. Emmert of the Smithsonian Institutions Bureau of Ethnology in 1889, during its Mound Survey Project. although a few of the letters could be taken for The Radiocarbon Date An extensive review of roughly contemporary and later professional literature contradicts this assertion. With respect to the Bat Creek stone, which we have now demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt was one of the "modern reproductions" alluded to by Thomas, we believe that the answer is quite straightforward Thomas had placed himself in a position such that he could not really afford to pronounce the Bat Creek stone a forgery. inscriptions are also clearly different, the Bat Creek grape vines, planted on the rebuilt mound, ; For the Judeans, or For Judea, a clear reference to ancient Israel. Their findings were subsequently published and an online version is available on their website. 1993, p. 46. George Barrie and Sons, Philadelphia. A 3-foot black oak tree still stood on Setzler, Frank M. and Jessee D. Jennings Scott Wolter/cc by-sa 3.0 When John W. Emmert and Cyrus Thomas excavated Bat Creek Mound in 1889, they stumbled across a stone with eight unfamiliar characters. ancient times, were clearly engraved in Coelbren letters, 1991 Fantastic Archaeology: The Wild Side of North American Prehistory. Tennessee Archaeologist 27(2):38-45. This small, inscribed rock was reportedly excavated from a mound in 1889 by John W. Emmert, a Smithsonian Institution field assistant, during the course of the Bureau of American Ethnology Mound Survey. 1988 The Bat Creek Inscription: Cherokee or Hebrew? As English, for example, the main line could be forced to read "4SENL , YP" The Bat Creek stone is an inscribed stone collected as part of a Native American burial mound excavation in Loudon County, Tennessee, in 1889. They were typically formed by bending sections of relatively heavy brass wire into a "C" shape. Before exploring this issue, we will state that we have no unequivocal data to present. "belonging to Yehucal" (Mazar 2006: 26). vegetation could be reconstructed at The Bat Creek Stone was found in the third mound under a skull along with two copper bracelets (later determined to be brass) and polished wood (possibly earspools).
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