Articles

Poverty Point, The Manufacturing of Copper Oxhides for the Atlantic Copper Trade

Bronze Age Town & Gulf Ports on the Copper Trail Open-fire manufacturing of Copper Oxhides (NE Louisiana, & Mississippi c.2000-700 BC)   J.S. Wakefield, jayswakefield@yahoo.com   Photos coming soon, apologies from AA staff.   Summary The “Late Archaic” Poverty Point earthworks in Louisiana are the earliest and largest monuments in prehistoric North America. The site Read More

The Serpent Effigy of Lyons, Kansas

by, John J White, III, Beverley H. Moseley, Jr, and Cyclone Covey Originally published in the Midwestern Epigraphic Society Newsletter, Volume 18, Number 2.   A leading objective of the MES founders was the reporting of new information and interpretations that would lead to a better understanding of Ohio, Ohio River Valley, and Midwestern ancient Read More

Preview: Upcoming Story in Ancient American Magazine

Here is a preview of my next article for Ancient American Ancient Fortresses of the Ohio Valley Part 3: Grave Creek Complex; Smoke and Mirrors   In the first installment of this series (AA, Vol 17, Issue 101), I described two ancient fortresses, Merom Bluff and Devil’s Backbone, both in Indiana. In the second installment Read More

Geoglyphology, An Ancient Science Rediscovered

Geoglyphology, An Ancient Science Rediscovered   Arthur D. Faram Faram Research Foundation – Arlington, Texas Recently Arthur Faram, while investigating his Celtic Genealogy, discovered an ancient and historically revealing science. After determining that this science had not been mentioned in any previous publications, The Faram Research Foundation named the ancient science Geoglyphology. “Geo” for earth, “glyph” Read More