Others Kept Records on Metal Plates, Too

Title

Others Kept Records on Metal Plates, Too

Magazine

The Instructor

Publication Type

Magazine Article

Year of Publication

1957

Authors

Pagination

318-321

Date Published

October 1957

Volume

92

Issue Number

10

Abstract

Book of Mormon peoples kept records on metal plates. Early critics claimed that this was impossible since ancient metallurgy was not sufficiently advanced, but many other metal records have been discovered since the days of Joseph Smith. Includes a table of plates found and a map of sites.

Subject Keywords

Gold Plates
Metal Plates
Metallurgy
Recordkeeping

Bibliographic Citation

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