Was this an Iron Furnace? Yes, it was. Welcome to archaeological
mystery! The author is William D. Conner, avocational
archaeologist of Columbus, Ohio. My archaeological odyssey
begins August, 1963, as I pose (middle) with amateur
archaeologist Arlington H. Mallery, and a neighborhood
youngster. We sit in the remains of the bowl of the Overly
furnace near the village of Austin, Ross County, Ohio. This
furnace and others like it in South Central Ohio, excavated
1949-1992 by amateur investigators, represent an Old World
technology 2,000 years old. How did it come to exist in Ohio?
Iron Age America before Columbus Preface: The Legendary Azgens
1. Norsemen Among The Indians? 2. Spruce Hill 3. Mallery Finds
Norse Traces In Newfoundland 4. Spruce Hill Furnaces Lure
Mallery To Ohio 5. Mallery vs. Solecki 6. Are Virginia’s
Mysterious Furnaces All Gone? 7. Investigators Keeler and Kelley
8. Glacial Kame Furnace Uncovered, July 1990 9. Archaeologist
Urges Us To Dig 10. The Hoover Reservoir Site Furnace 11.
America’s La