Myths of the Moundbuilders Flashcards
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Ignatius Donnelly
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- Author of Atlantis: The Antediluvian World
- Atlantis located in middle of the Atlantic Ocean
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Col. James Churchward
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- Author of :The Lost Continent of Mu
- Located in Pacific Ocean
- Also a “Mother Culture”
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Mu
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- Envisioned as a “Mother Culture” by James Churchward
- Alphabet similar to Mayan and Egyptian
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Mu Stone Tablets
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- Carved stone tablets “discovered” by W. Niven in highland mexico 1921
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Maya Shell Gorget
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- Famous shell gorget on display in New York, 1986
- Glyphs don’t form a readable text
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Constantine Rafinesque
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- Natural Philosopher, Botanist, Epigrapher
- Wrote books on Native American history, including the Walam Olam
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Walam Olam
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- Book detailing the history of the Lanape tribe (Delaware peoples)
- Included pictographic alphabet probably made up by Rafinesque
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Grave Creek Mound
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- West Virginia, 1838
- At least 300 years old (dated by trees on top)
- Timber lined vault with 2 skeletons, shell beads, ornaments
- 5 years later, Grave Creek Stone found by Henry Schoolcraft
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Henry Schoolcraft
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- Scholar of Indian life ways
- Discovered of true source of Mississippi river
- Found the Grave Creek Stone
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Grave Creek Stone
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- Found in Grave Creek Mound
- Believed stone was an “intrusive antiquity”
- George Carter proposes the inscription is in “Mediterranean alphabet”
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Davenport Slate
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- Fake stones set up for Rev. Gass to find by members of the Davenport academy
- Cyrus Thomas suggested the source of the Davenport writing was Webster’s dictionary of 1871, which presented a sample of ancient alphabets
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Newark Key Stone / Decalogue Stone
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- Found by David Wyrick
- Key stone is inscribed with Hebrew
- Gives 10 commandments
- Declared fakes in 19th century
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Los Lunas Stone
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- Ten Commandments inscribed in Hebrew
- Found halfway up a 400 foot high mesa in New Mexico
