This is History.com's 2023 article What Are the Ica Stones, and Are They Real?, a popular-history overview published by A&E Networks summarizing the Ica stones, the carved stones from Peru whose supposed depictions of dinosaurs and advanced technology have been used to claim ancient contact with such things, and the later confessions by local carvers that the stones were a modern hoax. Its strength is that it is a mainstream popular reference summarizing a settled question clearly for a general readership. Its limit is that it is a short popular article rather than a peer-reviewed investigation of the hoax, so a claim resting on a specific documentary detail of the carvers' confessions should be checked against the original investigative sources it summarizes.
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Citation
AuthorHISTORY.com editors
PublisherHistory.com (A&E Networks)
Publication Year2023
URLhttps://www.history.com/articles/ica-stones-hoax
Source Typereference
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Published by History.com, A&E Networks' 2023 popular-history overview, a mainstream popular reference rather than a peer reviewed investigation of the hoax it summarizes, hence the lower tier. NotesPopular-history overview of the Ica stones and the carver confessions.
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This source names Peru directly: "the Ica stones, the carved stones from Peru whose supposed depictions of dinosaurs and advanced technology have been used to claim ancient contact with such things, and the later confessions by..."
Claims Backed By This Source (25 claims)
This source backs 25 claims across the atlas. As facts: 17 well-attested, 3 popular myth - corrected. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Artifacts & Relics, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 popular myth - corrected, 1 general references.
- Articles, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Custodians & Museums, 3 claims: 1 popular myth - corrected, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Screen Works, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Popular myth - corrected
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