Ancient Iberians in Oklahoma (?) (!)

[uniface]

FWIW

https://malagabay.wordpress.com/2020/09/23/old-iberians-in-oklahoma/

 

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[IMAUDIGGER]

What a wealth of interesting things to ponder.
Bookmarked that blog.

 

[justonemore]

har!

 

[Charl]

This is really old news, which is neither here nor there, but it’s just well known to proponents of early Old World visits to America, that Oklahoma has several runestones. I always liked Gloria Farley, her “Coincidence of the Coins” is a fun essay, concerning the same Punic coin found in several places in the United States. And her essay on Oklahoma runestones is interesting. Swedish runologist Henrik Williams had the opportunity to examine several of these stones a few years back. He concluded they were most likely modern, but was really impressed by the scale of the famous Heavener Runestone, which the state created a state park around. Williams also visited and studied the Narragansett Runestone, which our team(RI chapter of NEARA) brought to the attention of the world in 1985. He concluded that was modern as well, and that one too is now on display permanently in the village of Wickford, RI, after it was recovered after being stolen off the beach and dumped in deep water!(that’s a heck of a story in itself, lol). Anyway, here’s a brief summary of William’s visit to Oklahoma.

https://oklahoman.com/article/54160...ive-but-not-from-vikings-swedish-scholar-says

I won’t get into the long history of runestones in the America’s. Runestones does imply Norse or Icelanders, and those are the popularized options where the Kennsington Runestone in Mn. is concerned, the Spirit Pond Runestones, 3 in number, and portable, and found in Maine, and the Narragansett Runestone in RI. But, there are several other well known examples of seemingly Old World scripts found, in perhaps questionable circumstances, in native mounds, etc., in the 19th century, in the form of portable artifacts showing scripts. A lot of literature on the subject, both in essay and full length book form. And, of course Harvard zoologist Barry Fell, back in the day, the 70’s, popularized that an ancient script known as Ogham was present in the America’s. In that case, it is very possible trail side sharpening grooves, a known Native American form of non portable artifact, has been misinterpreted as Ogham Script. And the entire subject is sometimes subsumed within the diffusionism vs. independent invention argument.

 

[Charl]

Talking ancient Iberians suggests Phoenicians. With that in mind, some may find this short piece entertaining, and the links it contains....

https://babakfakhamzadeh.com/phoenicians-in-brazil/

 

[PaleIO]

An example of what I believe to be Ogham that I found several miles from the OK state line in NM. I have heard many convincing arguments from some very knowledgeable folks about the presence of Ogham and also Negev in areas of OK, CO & NM.

 

[Kray Gelder]

Interesting, and not unreasonable to suggest the Mediterranean seafarers somehow landed in North America. One bit that should not have been suggested, is that people explored by ship using the inland seaway. Humans weren't on the planet back then.