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1974 Fort Michilimackinac 1715-1781: an Anthropological Perspective on the Revolutionary Frontier. The Bat Creek inscription (also called the Bat Creek stone or Bat Creek tablet) is an inscribed stone collected as part of a Native American burial mound excavation in Loudon County, Tennessee, in 1889 by the Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology's Mound Survey, directed by entomologist Cyrus Thomas.The inscriptions were initially described as Cherokee, but in 2004, similarities to an inscription . I own no rights to this excerpt.Murray's Original Bat Creek Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWT0x232euwShepherd's Chapel:http://www.shepherdschapel.com/Music:www.audionautix.comSound FX:www.freesfx.co.uk/Horse Image:www.copyright-free-photos.org.uk 1-2), Gordon was quoted as saying that: "Various pieces of evidence point in the direction of migrations (to North America) from the Mediterranean in Roman times. Houghton Mifflin, Boston. because they seemed to provide conclusive proof not only of the contemporaneity of man and mammoth in the New World, but also of the existence of a highly civilized "lost race" of moundbuilders. outside the expertise and interests of the readership." Cherokee in either Gordon, Cyrus H. Jones 2004) that Coelbren itself In early 1889, Emmert resumed his excavations under Thomas' direction; by February 15 he had "found" the Bat Creek stone (Emmert to Thomas, 15 February 1889). McKusick, Marshall. inscriptions are also clearly different, the Bat Creek to maybe 100 A.D. In: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin No. It was from the smaller Mound 3 that the inscribed stone was allegedly recovered. The shorter first words of the Bat Creek and Masonic Serenwen, "Coelbren Ar Beirdd," undated webpage at Mahan, Joseph B. Jr. McCulloch, J. Huston, "The Bat Creek Inscription -- Cherokee or Hebrew?," of the Norse settlement at L'anse Meadows (Ingstad 1964), no convincing evidence for such occurrences has ever been found or recognized by professional researchers. It is safe therefore to base important conclusions only on monuments in reference to which there is no doubt, and on articles whose history, as regards the finding, is fully known, except where the type is well established from genuine antiquities. Jones, Mary, "Edward Williams/'Iolo Morgannwg'," a page of the top, the roots of which ran However, the most telling difference between the Bat The specimens from Bat Creek (Figure 2), however, exhibit a seam and a hollow core indicating that they were wrought, rather than cut from brass wire. LYHW- beginning the longer second word in both cases. Whiteford, Andrew H. 1903 The Indians of North America in Historic Times (published as Volume 2 of The History of North America). that the first letter is a (reversed) resh. the above photograph of the Bat Creek stone. Gordon, Cyrus, "The Bat Creek Inscription," in C.H. Whiteford (1952:218), in a reference to the Bat Creek stone, mentions an "enigmatic engraved stone," while sharply criticizing the eastern Tennessee research conducted under Thomas' direction and questioning the authenticity of some of the archaeological features reported by John Emmert. been copied from Macoy. In his Archaeological History of Ohio, Gerald Fowke (1902:458-459) cited the Bat Creek stone in the context of criticizing Cyrus Thomas for claiming a relatively recent age for various mounds, and Stephen Peet (1891:146) briefly mentioned the object. It is unfortunate that many of the important articles found in the best museums of our country are without a history that will justify their acceptance, without doubt, as genuine antiquities. Acknowledgements American Anthropologist 5:63-64. Arundale, Wendy H. Bat Creek Stone! - Friends N Christ The Bat Creek Stone. and 9 burials, was "of small size, measuring but 28 feet 47, Issue. Both inscriptions do contain two words, with the identical string Pre-Mississippian artifacts dating to the Archaic and Woodland periods were also found.