The following list was compiled by the Royal Society of New Zealand

The Epigraphic Writings of Dr. Barry Fell

1974 to 1993

All but a few of these were published in The Polynesian Epigraphic Society Occasional Publications (referred to below as PESOP for convenience; 1974), later to becomeThe Epigraphic Society Occasional Publications (ESOP; 1974-1989) and still laterThe Epigraphic Society Occasional Papers (ESOP; 1990-1993). Fell published just over 200 papers in this journal, all under the name "B. Fell" or "Barry Fell", a few jointly with other authors, as well as many separate letters and responses. These latter are not included in the list below. At the time of writing, Volume 23 of ESOP, containing the last of Barry's contributions and additional biographical information, was still in preparation.

1974
An Egyptian shipwreck at Pitcairn Island. PESOP No.1: 1-3
Polynesian epigraphy. A report to the Society. PESOP No.2: 1-2.
The ancient Maori votive stele of the Pyramid of Ra on Mount Lavu in eastern Java. PESOP No.3: 1-6.
Numerals on ancient Maori steles.PESOP No.4: 1-8.
Ritual of the dawn: fragments of ancient Maurian charts in New Zealand Maori. PESOP No.5: 1-6.
Ancient Maori inscriptions of North Africa. 1. The bilingual Latin-Maori stele of Kaiu from Thullium. PESOP No.6: 1-6.
Ancient Maori inscriptions of North Africa. 2. The bilingual Latin-Maori stele of Rapa from Thullium. PESOP No.7: 1-5.
Ancient Maori inscriptions from North Africa. 3. The bilingual Latin-Maori stele of Fawasa, Priest of the Oracle of Rono. PESOP No.8:1-4.
Ancient Maori inscriptions from North Africa. 4. The bilingual Punic-Maori stele of Weka from Bordj-Zubia near Oued-Meliz, Tunisia. PESOP No. 9:1-4.
Distribution of ancient Maori inscriptions written in Maurian (Numidian) script. PESOP No.10: 1-43.
Ancient Maori inscriptions of North Africa. 5. The bilingual Latin-Maori stele of Zakatutu from Thullium. PESOP No. 11: 1-3.
Chronology of ancient Maori scripts. PESOP No.12: 1-7.
An ancient Maori inscription from Dakumba, Fiji. PESOP No.13: 1-6.
Carthaginian and other graffiti from West Irian caves. PESOP No. 14: 1-3.
Ancient Maori mathematical and scientific hieroglyphs. PESOP No. 15: 1-4.
The Treaty of Taranaki, a mediaeval stele of New Zealand. PESOP No. 16: 1-5.
Newly deciphered naval records of Ptolemy III. PESOP No.17: 1-2.
A proposition by Eratosthenes. An astronomer of the delta country. PESOP No.18: 1-6.
Maui on Eratosthenes. An additional fragment from Sosorra. PESOP No. 19.
The Polynesian discovery of America 231 B.C. PESOP 2, No.21: 1-8.
An ancient Polynesian star atlas of 232 B.C. Part 1. A mariner's guide to finding the celestial North Pole. PESOP 2, No.22: 1-4.
Karl Stolp's discovery of la Casa Pintada in 1885 translated from the original report by Mina Brand. PESOP 2, No.23: 1-5.
Mailu, an African language of eastern Papua New Guinea. ESOP 2, No.26: 1-20.
An ecliptic rebus by Maui. ESOP 2, No.28: 1-2.
1975
An ancient Polynesian star atlas of 232 B.C. Part 2. "The zodiac tips upside-down" - Maui crosses the equator. ESOP 2, No.30: 1-4.
Phonetic mutation in Egypto-Polynesian languages. ESOP 2, No.32: 1-15.
Libyan visitors to Scandanavia in the early Bronze age. ESOP 2, No.34: 1-3.
An ancient Maori text in Libyan script from Otaki, New Zealand. ESOP 2, No.38: 1-9.
Protosanskrit, a Bronze Age language of Mohenjo Daro. ESOP 2, No.39: 1-32.
East African vocabulary in New Guinea and Polynesia. ESOP 2, No.42: l-3.
-(with Reinert, E.P.). Iberian inscriptions in Paraguay, ca 4th c. B.C. ESOP 2, No.43: 1-10.
An Iberian-Punic stele of Hanno. ESOP 2, No.44: 1-3.
Epigraphy of the Susquehanna steles. ESOP 2, No.45: 1-8.
1976
A fifth-century Moroccan emigration to America. ESOP 3 (1), No.46: 1-10.
An Arabic dialect in ancient Moroccan inscriptions. ESOP 3 (1), No.48: 1-12.
Celtic Iberian inscriptions in New England. A preliminary report submitted to the Epigraphic Society, the Early Sites Research Society,and the New England Antiquities Research Association. ESOP 3 (1), No.50: 1-5.
(with Williams, J.). Inscribed Sarsen stones in Vermont. ESOP 3 (1), No.53: 1-2.
Ancient Arabic script and vocabulary of the Algonquian Indians. ESOP 3 (1), No.54: 1-3.
A Celtiberian (Gadelic) law-tablet from Ourique, Portugal. ESOP 3 (1), No.55: 1-3.
A dialect of Ancient Greek from south-eastern Spain. ESOP 3(1), No.56: 1-6.
Ancient Iberian magnetic compass dials from Liria, Spain. ESOP 3 (1), No.57: 1-6.
A Celtiberian funeral stele in Navarra, Spain, inscribed in Ogam. ESOP 3 (1), No.58: 1-2.
The roots of Libyan. ESOP 3 (2), No.63: 1-6.
The structure of the Zuni language. ESOP 3 (2), No.64: 1-10.
The Romano-Celtic phase at Mystery Hill, New Hampshire, in New England. ESOP 3 (2), No.67: 1-3.
Possible Libyan petromanteia in Quebec. ESOP 3 (2), No. 72: 1-5.
The Pima myth of Persephone. ESOP 3 (2), No.74: 1-7.
Two ancient Iberian hospitality pledges and their texts. ESOP 3 (2), No.75: 1-3.
The etymology of some ancient American inscriptions. ESOP 3 (2), No.76: 1-6.
1977
The Minoan language - Linear A decipherment. ESOP 4 (1), No.77: 1-67.
A letter from Hiram III, ca 540 B.C. ESOP 4 (1), No.78: 1-12.
The Phaistos Disk ca1600 B.C. ESOP 4 (1), No.79: 1-79.
A dialect of Minoan from Cyprus. ESOP 4 (1), No.80: 1-5.
Takhelne, a living Celtiberian language of North America. ESOP 4 (2), No.92: 1-28.
Amphorettas from Maine and Iberia. ESOP 4 (2), No.96: 1-3.
1978 Etruscan. ESOP 5 (1), No.100: 1-48.
Some Celtic phalli. ESOP 5 (2), No.110: 1-48.
Iberic in Norway. ESOP 5 (2), No. 113: 1-4.
Eastern Norse runes of the Roman Iron Age. ESOP 5 (2), No. 115: 1-3.
1979
Ogam inscriptions from North and South Africa. ESOP 6 (1), No.116: 23-26.
A late Roman inscription from the Canary Islands. ESOP 6 (1), No.117: 27-29.
Tamacheq, a living dialect of ancient Libyan. ESOP 6 (1), No. 118: 31-33.
Berber roots in Polynesian. ESOP 6 (1), No.119: 35-42.
An ancient Libyan mariner's prayer. ESOP 6 (1), No.120: 43-44.
A basic Egypto-Polynesian word list. ESOP 6 (1), No.121: 45-83.
An inscription of King Masinissa ca.139 B.C. ESOP 6 (1), No.122: 85-88.
Horse racing in ancient Libya. ESOP 6 (1), No.123: 89-92.
Plague and the worship of the cat goddess in ancient Libya. ESOP 6 (1), No.125: 97-100.
Hunting inscriptions of the ancient Libyans. ESOP 6 (1), No.126: 101-108.
Inscriptions on Kentucky sculptures. ESOP 6 (1), No.128: 115-116.
Medical terminology of the Micmac and Abenaki languages. ESOP 7 (1), No.139: 7-20.
Takhelne, a North American Celtic language - Part 2 - the radicals. ESOP 7 (1), No.140: 21-42.
Additional Lirian compass dial inscriptions from Spain and New Mexico. ESOP 7 (1), No.142: 51-53.
Prepositions in hieroglyphic Micmac. ESOP 7 (2), No.156: 143-145.
The Micmac manuscripts. ESOP 7 (2), No.157: 146-150.
An ancient Libyan epitaph from Nubia. ESOP 7 (2), No.159: 155-157.
The Micmac manuscripts - 2. ESOP 7 (2), No.162: 167-181.
How Champollion solved the Hieratic script. ESOP 7 (2), No.167: 208-209.
A cartouche of Shishonq from Almunecar, southern Spain. ESOP 7 (2), No.171: 233.
A Ptolemaic tetradrachm from Queensland. ESOP 7 (2), No.172: 234.
Libyan anubis in southern Spain. ESOP 7 (2), No.173: 235.
How Egyptians really wrote. ESOP 7 (2), No.177: 243-245.
Epigraphy of three Sinai steles. ESOP 7 (2), No.178: 246-247.
1980
An ancient Zodiac from Inyo, California. ESOP 8 (1), No.179: 9-14.
The name Amon-Shishonq in Ptolemaic use. ESOP 8 (1), No.181: 21-23.
Thirty-two Cypro-Minoan signatures to the British Treaty with the Abenaki people, signed July 25th 1727. ESOP 8 (1), No.185: 44-49.
Noah at Nineveh-a Koranic chant of the Pima tribe. ESOP 8 (1), No.186: 50-56.
The Islamic inscriptions of America. ESOP 8 (1), No.187: 57-76.
Cypro-Minoan syllabaries of America. ESOP 8 (1), No. 188: 77-82.
Oak Island-and after. ESOP 8 (2), No.193: 136-137.
Inscriptions from North Africa. ESOP 8 (2), No.197: 152-156.
An elephant petroglyph in Glen Canyon, Colorado. ESOP 8 (2): 161.
Two Lusitanian memorials. ESOP 8 (2), No.200: 165-167.
Ogam consainne. ESOP 8 (2).
1981
Decipherment and translation of the Newberry tablet from northern Michigan. ESOP 9 (2), No.218: 132-136.
1982
The Bohuslan culture (Bronze Age Norse) in North America. ESOP 10 (1), No.231: 17-29.
1983
Old Irish rock inscriptions from West Virginia. ESOP 11 (1), No.252: 37-51.
The Ogam boar of Castulo. ESOP 11 (1): 56.
Foulis Wester. ESOP 11 (1), No.254: 58-61.
Meanings of the idiograms. ESOP 11 (1), No.257: 102-105.
Primstav-an Old Norse hieroglyphic calendar. ESOP 11 (2), No.260: 120-128.
American Bighorns or Old World imports. ESOP 11 (2), No.264: 167-169.
Medical inscriptions from Tripolitania. ESOP 11 (2), No.268: 204-208.
Koranic Ogam on a Colorado capstone. ESOP 11 (2), No.270: 211.
Decipherment of the ancient writing from Etowah Mounds. ESOP 11 (2), No.273B: 233-234.
A navigation grid or stick chart (Rebbelib) from the Marshall Islands, Micronesia. ESOP 11 (2), No.275: 237-240.
(with Dexter, W.W.). Tifinag in Irish megalithic rock engravings. ESOP 11 (2), No.276: 241-244.
(with Polansky, J.). A Polynesian artifact engraved with Libyan script. ESOP 11 (2), No.277: 245-250.
Apparent Islamic influence at Runamo. ESOP 11(2), No.278: 251-255.
(with Rudolph, J.H.). An Ogam inscription from Bainbridge Island, Washington. ESOP 11 (2), No.279: 256-257.
1984
The Galician Ogam consaine inscription at Prado da Rodela, northeast Portugal. ESOP 12 (1), No.280: 8-12.
An ancient Arabic guide to Ogam on a sacred tablet from Zambia. ESOP 12 (1), No.284: 29-31.
An Ogam consaine phallus from Britain. ESOP 12 (1), No.285: 32.
The Bronze Age cult of Thunder Gods. ESOP 12 (1), No. 289: 65-70.
Celtic augurs and Canada geese. ESOP 12 (1), No.296: 99-105 and foldout.
New Mohamed petroglyph. ESOP 12 (2): 127.
The Kinderhook Plates. ESOP 12 (2), No. 299: 132-141.
Decipherment of the Lamboyeque [sic] Gold Plate. ESOP 12 (2), No.307: 206-207.
1985
Algonkian signatures on a treaty of A.D. 1681--Dr. Fell's report. ESOP 13, No.313: 22-26.
An inscribed stone club in Syke Museum, Germany. ESOP 13: 26.
ARMAVIRVMQVECANOTROIAEQVI PRIMVSARBORISITALIAMFATOPROFVGVS LAVINIAQVE. ESOP 13, No.315: 28-29.
Ancient punctuation and the Los Lunas text. ESOP 13, No.317: 35-41.
An inscribed brass casket of Dutch origin. ESOP 13: 51.
Los Milagros-what are they? ESOP 13, No.320: 62.
Decipherment of Flora Vista tablets. ESOP 14, No.337: 22-27.
A new Bronze Age alphabet from Denmark. ESOP 14, No. 338: 28-30.
Parietal [sic] inscriptions of the Anubis caves. ESOP 14, No.342: 45-60.
Anubis-Lord of the Equinox, Keeper of the Balance. ESOP 14, No.349: 92-94.
Norse Tifinag on an Iron Age bracteate. ESOP 14, No.350: 95.
Ogam consaine coinage of the ancient Gauls. ESOP 14, No.351: 96-97.
Inscribed bricks from Comalcalco, Mexico. ESOP 14, No.357: 118-125.
Deciphering the Esmeralda Stone. ESOP 14, No.360: 129.
The Atlatl Rock comet-a portent of death. ESOP 14, No.361: 130-131.
Tifinag legends on Hiberno-Danish coins. ESOP 14, No.363: 134-135.
Ogam consaine in western Scotland. ESOP 14, No.382: 135-138.
Ogam-inscribed stone pendants from Nova Scotia. ESOP 14, No.384: 140-141.
An Ogam Bricren inscription to the Horse Goddess. ESOP 14, No.385: 142-147.
An Arabic Moslem text on an Anglo-Saxon coin. ESOP 14, No.388: 160-161. (with others). Red River Canyon, Kentucky. ESOP 14, No.387: 162-165.
1986
Runic inscription in Ludlow Cave South Dakota. ESOP 15: 20-21.
Celtic or Keltic? ESOP 15: 24.
Proto-Celtic at Lascaux. ESOP 15: 26.
(with Meyer, H.C.). How old is the Cree syllabary? ESOP 15: 30.
(with Bunce, W.H.). An Ogam-inscribed Atlatl-weight from Stillwater, New York. ESOP 15: 37-38.
Review of: "Fantastic Archaeology: Alternate Views of the Past" by S. Williams. ESOP 15: 41.
Pre-Columbian tobacco in India. ESOP 15: 46.
Mediterranean mythology in traditional Pima chants. ESOP 15: 89-107.
1987
(with Atkinson, L.D.). An ancient star map in Jersey? ESOP 16: 17.
An Ogam stone from Connecticut. ESOP 16: 18-19.
Note on a Picasso coinage. ESOP 16: 23.
Detecting fraudulent inscriptions. ESOP 16: 24.
A Tifinag text at Tassili, Algeria. ESOP 16: 26-27.
Ancient astrology of a cave in West Irian, New Guinea. ESOP 16: 84-90.
Roman coin discoved in Ohio. ESOP 16: 90.
(with Farley, G.). First American poem in Ogam script. ESOP 16: 96-97.
Merry monks of Ireland. ESOP 16: 98-100.
Dating the Basque inscriptions on rocks of the Susquehanna Valley. ESOP 16: 105-108.
The Anglo-Saxon coinage in daily life. ESOP 16: 110-124.
An Ogam consaine inscribed stone from Lewis Creek Mound, Virginia. ESOP 16: 127-129.
Two Romano-British inscriptions. ESOP 16: 130-135.
The Swastika in Celtic Britain and North America. ESOP 16: 136-141.
(with Johanssen, C.L., Gonzales D., Ottonello, S., Powers, P., Parker, A., Ashrva, J.,& Loy, W.). The Tihosuco inscription retranslated as Spanish. ESOP 16: 142-145.
Cabrilho's gravestone of 1543 recognised and deciphered. ESOP 16: 146-147.
(with Payne, J.). Bar Creek No.2, Clay County, Kentucky 1987. ESOP 16: 150.
(with Radloff, D.). Celtic rebus figures from the Upper Mississippi Valley. ESOP 16: 151-153.
Ogam consaine in County Tyrone-Castlederg Cromlech revisited. ESOP 16: 301-303.
An Aztec hieroglyphic paternoster. ESOP 16: 307-309.
(with McCone A., Polansky, J. & Bloom, E.). The Lamina of Alcoy-background and current proposals. ESOP 16: 310-315.
The Lamina of Alcoy-background and current proposals. Part 3--Spelling of place names. ESOP 16: 321.
Inscribed stone artifacts from Guayanilla, Puerto Riceo. ESOP 16: 322-334.
1988
(with Dexter, W. & Farley, G.). Tanith with two scripts from South Africa. ESOP 17: 101-102.
Susquehanna petroglyphs observed in 1820. Manuscript discovery in Delaware Museum. ESOP 17: 273.
Bronze Age nordic traders in Canada. New light on Peterborough. ESOP 17: 274-275.
A Christian North African inscription from Comalalco ESOP 17: 283-284.
A Punic calendar from Comalalco. ESOP 17: 284-286.
1989
Caroline Islands script before the European contact. ESOP 18: 86-89.v Deciphering the Easter Island tablets. Part 1. ESOP 18: 185-210.
A Punic inscription on an Atlatl-weight from Georgia. ESOP 18: 321-325.
Inscribed stone artifacts from Guayanilla, Pueto Rico. ESOP 18: 332-340.
Shelta language on a pictish stele. ESOP 18: 342.
Etymology of the Lower Mississippian languages-Part 1: Introduction. ESOP 19: 35-47.
1990
A revised date for the Pontotoc stele. ESOP 19: 60-62.
Epigraphy of the Burrows Cave tablets. ESOP 19: 98-105.
The origin of ESOP. ESOP 19: 147.
Libyan alphabetic script on a Mexican cylinder seal. ESOP 19: 168.
Four fraudulent Ogam inscriptions from Kentucky. ESOP 19: 213-216.
Mediaeval elements in the Paris Basin petroglyphs. ESOP 19: 249.
Deciphering the Easter Island tablets, Part 2. ESOP 19: 250-276.
A Polynesian inscription from Tahiti. ESOP 19: 278-280.
The Comalcalco bricks: Part 1, the Roman phase. ESOP 19: 299-336.
1991
Etymology of the Lower Mississippian languages-Part 2. ESOP 20: 43-90.
Deciphering the Easter Island tablets, Part 3. ESOP 20: 122-145.
Interpretation of the cast of a latex mold submitted by Gloria Farley. ESOP 20: 153.
An Ogam solution to the agricultural grid symbol. ESOP 20: 154-155.
Alphabetic Libyan mason's marks on Mochica adobe bricks. ESOP 20: 224-230.
The Davenport stone. ESOP 20: 244.
Origin of the Micronesian script. ESOP 20: 263-268.
How to read an inscription upside-down. ESOP 20: 269.
Deciphering the Easter Island tablets, Part 5; Maui and the Fire Goddess. ESOP 20: 31-40.
Deciphering the Easter Island tablets, Part 6; powers of the tohunga. ESOP 20: 41-50.
1992
Takhelne, a Celtiberian language of North America. ESOP 21: 193-239.
An ancient zodiac sign from Inyo, California. ESOP 21: 263-267.
The Micmac manuscripts. ESOP 21: 295-320.
1993
Gauguin's crucifix, and its decipherment. ESOP 22: 34-38.
The merchant fleet of ancient Iberia. ESOP 22: 45-46.
A dialect of Minoan from Cyprus. ESOP 22: 67-70.
The Ogam scales of the Book of Ballymote. ESOP 22: 87-132.
Medical terminology of the Micmac and Abenaki languages. ESOP 22: 218-231.
Ogam bricru in the Cimarron Valley. ESOP 22: 260 & 262.
A Tifinag inscription in eastern Colorado. ESOP 22: 286.
The Kinderhook Plates. ESOP 22: 319-326.

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