This trip centers around the rock shelter ogam translator Michel Boutet and his son Arnaud,
who will join MES and interested parties for an extended trip. Michel plans to have the complicated
ogam message translated by then and will have a chance to verify the ogamic script and the translation.
In addition, geologist and MES member Scott Wolter and his professional
video team will document the site.
Still in the planning stage: Optional side trip to nearby Clay County ancient script sites, with guide
Jim Burchell. Note: This will be an additional day or two to the trip.
For motel reservation [By July 2, 2009 please]
Click Buckhorn Lake listed under State Resort Parks Go There
and follow reservation directions. Refer to our MES confirmation number RBH083E6, the "Epigraphic Group"
or other discount options (such as AAA). Also you can get a map on this web page.
Or you can call: (800) 325-0058
For trip detail, contact Bev Moseley (614) 269-3295 or Jim Leslie phone: (614) 475-3430 or email:
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Middle Fork Artifact
In the photograph, the celts or wedge-shaped objects with hi-lited script characters were reportedly dug
up near or inside the rock shelter. Beverley Moseley thinks they might have been used to write
the ogam strokes, then lost or discarded. The photo was sent to Michel Boutet the first of the year.
Here is his response:
Wow, great insight! I've always wondered about these knife shaped stones. I have always been worried they might be similar to the
Aztec sacrifice stones. The Ogham lines seem to confirm Bev's hunch.
/| |||| : |||| : Th / Ts ? ; S/N ; a ; C (k ) ; o ; C (k )
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(ts) SaKoKo compare with Old Ojibway proto-algonquian root : *akoçi? = "beat", "overcome" or Old Celtic *Secoc- (seco v. "to cut").
Hopewell Culture Nation Historical Park Guided Tours
A HCNHP offcial will conduct public guided tours of the Seip Earthwork, the Hopeton Earthwork,
Spruce Hill and Hopewell Mound Group at the dates and times specified: Hopewell Culture NHP
Developing Trips
1. Murray Chamber and Tunnel in Ohio
Jim Leslie is working through the Holmes County Historical Society
for owner permission, which at the moment looks in doubt. But there is still hope. The plan is
for the tunnel chamber to be open for a few days for visitations by not only MES but also the HCHS members
and the Ohio Historic Society Preservation Office with geological and masonery experts.
2.Glenford Fort
Rich Moats can probably guide us to this hilltop "fort" in late September. More on this
later.
Past Trip Reports
2007 Stable Rock An Ancient Zodiac Site ?
2007 Summer Picnic
Old Stone Fort 2007
March 2006 Spruce Hill
April 2006 at Newark Octagon
2006 Winter Walk with White
2007 Boutet Quarter Meeting Visit
2007 Ash Cave Trip
2007 Falls of the Ohio Trip
