Following up my series on the Lost Tribes of Israel, we look at the rich American tradition of archaeological frauds claimed as evidence of Pre-Columbian Trans-Oceanic Contact, the "Mound Builder Myth," and Mormon beliefs about American prehistory.

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Written in Stone: The Archaeological Frauds of Pre-Columbian Trans-Oceanic Contact Theories