Silverbell artifacts research, 1924-1994.

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Silverbell artifacts research, 1924-1994.

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Correspondence, research notes, photographs and published articles dealing with the discovery, attempted authentication, and history of the iron artifacts discovered on Silverbell Road in Tucson, Ariz. in 1924. The artifacts were variously attributed to Phoenician sailors, Spanish explorers, Mormons, Quetzacoatl, and a Roman-Jewish settlement circa 775 A.D. There is extensive correspondence between Bent and others including Gaston Burridge, Byron Cummings, Cyclone Covey, and Bernice and Jack McGee. Photographs include pictures of excavation work and later displays.

3 linear ft. (7 boxes)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7428156

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Covey, Cyclone

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Burridge, Gaston.

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Cummings, Byron, 1860-1954

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Archaeologist, professor and University of Arizona president; Cummings joined the U of A about 1915 as professor of archaeology and director of the Arizona State Museum. He served as U of A president from 1927 to 1928. From the description of Cummings papers, 1887-1960. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 38150070 Biographical note: Archaeologist, Cummings joined the University of Arizona about 1915 as professor of archaeology and dir...

Bent, Thomas W., d. 1972.

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In September 1924 the first iron artifact was discovered by Charles E. Manier near an old lime kiln site on Silverbell Road. The property was owned by Thomas W. Bent, Sr. In the next two years, twenty-four artifacts were removed from the site. The artifacts were decorated with Christian crosses, Muslim crescents, Hebraic candlesticks, Freemasonry symbols, and other signs. The origin and authenticity of the artifacts was debated, and Thomas Bent and later his son, Thomas Bent, Jr., spent many yea...

McGee, Jack

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