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Evidence · Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field

The state team placed the probable manipulation of the deposit in or after the second half of the nineteenth century…

The state team placed the probable manipulation of the deposit in or after the second half of the nineteenth century, leaving open a pre-Fradin origin for some objects.

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Next steps 3

1
Join the dates table (glozel_dates.csv) to tablet identities in Morlet's Corpus and the museum numbers, and mark which dated objects are inscribed; test whether inscribed objects fall disproportionately in the modern TL group.
~6 h
—not judged
2
Extract the full 1976 TL sample table (Persée racf.1976.2018) and the 2023 Guilaine-Miallier date lists into the dates dataset so every published date is in one machine-readable file with its laboratory and sampling surface.
~5 h
—not judged
3
Request access to the Musée de Glozel and the MAN holdings to photograph every TL-dated tablet's sign floors under low-power microscopy and record whether each sign was cut before or after firing.
~24 h
—not judged
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Mysteries Department. (2026). The state team placed the probable manipulation of the deposit in or after the second half of the nineteenth century… [Evidence EVD0DEDY94G25G9]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDY94G25G9
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