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Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field5 key questions · 7 questions · 0 answered

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KeyAre the inscribed tablets of Glozel ancient objects, and if so from what period?

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KeyDo the Glozel signs form a writing system that records a language?

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Were the signs on the dated tablets cut before or after firing?

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KeyDo the thermoluminescence dates on the Glozel ceramics record the original firing or a later reheating?

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Why did Risø and Oxford obtain dates more than a thousand years apart on the same Glozel tablet?

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KeyWhat genuine activity does the Champ des Morts record, and when?

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KeyWhich published alphabets do the Glozel signs resemble, and could a forger of the 1920s have drawn on them?

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