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Epigraphic Society Occasional PublicationsTable
of Contents, Vol. 8/2, 1980
Tree Ogam: A Variant Form of the Linear Script (6 pp) Norman Totten 8/2-p 129The author discusses the development of Ogam with special emphasis on Tree Ogam. Oak
Island - and After (2 pp) Barry Fell
8/2-p 136 A comparison of the famous Oak Island Inscription to the Tuareg Tifinag of Sheik Ohman. On
Libyan Contributions to the Mediterranean Cultures (7 pp) Ali F. Kushaim
8/2-p 138 Libyan influence on Greek history, mythology, literature, etc. Who
Created Linear B Script? (3 pp) Linus
Brunner 8/2-p 145 Brunner agrees with Hooker that the syllabary is an "instrument for the rendering of Greek." Decipherment
of Rune-like Akekanovo Inscription from Eastern Europe (4 pp) Victor
Kachur 8/2-p
148 An inscription on a vase found in 1897 in Alekanovo, near Moscow -- read in Old Slavic. Inscriptions
from North Africa (5 pp) Barry Fell
8/2-p 152 Libyan sepulchral inscriptions, some bi-lingual with Latin, are deciphered by Fell. Baal
in Oklahoma (5 pp) Gloria Farley 8/2-p
157 The author identifies an Oklahoma petroglyph with renditions of Baal. Georgia
Elephant Disk (3 pp) Bubba Davis &
Clyde Keeler
8/2-p
162 A description of the finding of the disk in May 1973 by Tom Hill Davis Sr. and his son Tom Hill (Bubba) Davis Jr. Two
Lusitanian memorials (3 pp) Barry Fell
8/2-p 165 Fell's reading of two sepulchral inscriptions from Portugal. [Note by Donal Buchanan: Fell's reading of these two inscriptions is faulty. He read them left to right. They read from right to left. He used Semitic. They are in a form of Celtic.] The
Gungywamp complex (6 pp) David Pitt Barron
8/2-p 168 A description of a primitive "megalithic" complex in Connecticut. Differential Craniometry Suggests European Pelasgians Founded Egyptian, Chinese-Japanese, and Carib-Andean Civilizations (11 pp) Albert E. Casey, Eleanor L. Downey-Prince, & Ursula Dietrich 8/2-p 175 21 mean cranial measurements and indices available on Cretans compared with 864 peoples worldwide. Ogam
consainne (1 p) Barry Fell
8/2-p 185 Petroglyphs on a cairn at Lough Crew, Ireland, are translated. SEAS
at Bimini (10 pp) Talbot S. Lindstrom p
189 The Scientific Exploration and Archeological Society (SEAS) conducts land and sea archaeological inquiries. Horned
snakes of Southern Africa in Rock Art and Mythology (10 pp) Brenda
Sullivan p
199 Animal-headed snakes and snakes with horns are pictured on rocks over a wide area of South Africa. The
Logic of Linguistics (9 pp) Frank Parson 8/2-p
209 A society's linguistics decay in direct relation to a decay in the culture. Language is culturally dependent. A Seal Ring Found in Huntingdon, Virginia (1 p) Patricia L. White 8/2-p 218 A ring made c. 1618-1620 by Accomack Indians was presented by King Debedeavon to Grace O'Neill of Virginia Colony. How Much Did Columbus' Crewmen Know of America Before 1492? (1 p) Michael Scott 8/2-p 218Columbus chose his crewmen because they already had knowledge of early voyages and existence of the Antilles. Pseudo-Ogam (1 p) Robert C. Bell 8/2-p 218 Ogam-like natural markings on a pebble. Sarmatian Petroglyphs (1 p) Anatole M. Kazanov 8/2-p 219Symbols on a stone burial chamber at Kerch in the Crimea (Sarmatians: Indo-Europeans ancestral to Slavs). Epigraphy
in Poland (1 p)
Jerzy Cepik 8/2-p 220 The author has just published the first volume of his work on the history of man titled, Jak Czlowiek Nauczyt Sie Pisac. It deals with the evolution of alphabets and writing systems. A graphic of a Slavic Inscription from Novgorod is shown. Micmac Manuscripts (1 p) George A. Webster 8/2-p 220 Informs that a new Micmac prayer book has come to light in New York state. Webster is in contact with the owner. An
Act to Suppress Tohungas (1 p)
B. R. Patterson 8/2-p
221 Further comments on attempts to suppress Maori culture. Summer
solstice at Warwick, New York (2 pp)
J. H. Bradner 8/2-p
221 The author reports on a possible megalithic calendar site. Basque Membership in the Epigraphic Society (1 p) Barry Fell 8/2-p 222 Fell speaks of the activities of Basque member Augusto Aboitiz of Buenos Aires (which led to the involvement of Basque philologist Imanole Agire with the work of the Society) He mentions a recent work on ancient Basques by J. M. Barandiaran. Member Jo Arriza of Denver finds parallels between Basque vocabulary and several other languages including Sumerian, Polynesian, and Amerindian. The
Science of Ancient Egypt - Presented by a Scientist for Scientists (1 p)
John Anthony West 8/2-p
223 An ad for Serpent in the Sky, the High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt by John Anthony West, Harper & Row, NY, New York. Harvard
Map Collection Acquires Major Gifts of East Asian Maps (1 p)
Barry Fell
8/2-p 224 A gift from the Rübel Asiatic Research Collection includes maps drawn by Europeans compiled from information received from travelers and explorers knowledgeable of East Asia. as well as topographic maps provided by the US Defense Mapping Agency Library. The latter were made 1919-1948 by Chinese and Japanese. Houghton Library Acquires Irish Manuscripts (1 p) Barry Fell 8/2-p 224 The Library has obtained an early Irish manuscript (a page from the Vetus Latina, an early Latin translation of the Bible which predates the Vulgate) as well as poems and letters by William Butler Yeats. Carvings Installed in Maori Studies House (2 pp) Sidney M. Mead 8/2-p 225 Developments in Maori studies at Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand). The carvings on the Studies building are heavily symbolic. Photo of author, a Professor and Head of Maori Studies. An
Artifact Found at Edisto Island (2 pp) Dail R. Worthem A strange artifact of copper and meteoric iron has been found 20 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina (photo available). Some Kentucky Inscriptions (5 pp) Vernon J. Calhoun 8/2-p 229Reports on a site between the Beech and Rolling forks of the Salt river (the markings resemble the Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania inscriptions). Illustrated by Annette E. Calhoun. Moonwatching
— Part I (7 pp) Charles C. Fulton
8/2-p 234 This begins a series on Archaeoastronomy. A
Grave inscription in Vowel-less Ogam from Lycia, Western Anatolia (2 pp) Bruce
A. MacDonald 8/2-p 241 This alleged Ogam Consaine inscription is from an excavation at Karatas-Semayuk, in Lycia, contemporary with Early Bronze II-IIIA. Barry Fell adds a comment that in all probability the inscription should be assigned to Galatian Celts. On
the Cover
An Ancient Coin of
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