I Call BS: Jimmy Corsetti's Hopewell Swastika

In his discussion of the age and geographical distribution of the swastika symbol, Jimmy Corsetti shows an item he attributes to the Hopewell. Besides the antiquities dealer that has an image of this item online, the only other place I have seen it is in Robert Sepehr's book "Species with Amnesia," which is full of misinformation. I therefore doubt this is an actual Hopewell artifact. If anyone has information about this item I'd like to know about it.
And I also am amazed at Corsetti's conclusion that the swastika is somehow great evidence for a "powerful" Ice Age civilization.

[@paints_his_shirt_red]

So many different cultures drawing circles must REALLY make that dude shake his head with mystery.

[@robswright68]

With Jimmy there is a lot to call. I'm going to call SS.

[@janerkenbrack3373]

It seems to me that the bent arm cross symbol that has gained such infamy since its use by the Nazis, is very old, and almost no one would have blinked an eye at it prior to the early 20th century. It remains a proper symbol in religions today. But most of the practices that use it started doing it by borrowing it from another religion or people.
So, for most of the Asian countries there was a root area where it was used first, then found useful to different cultures after.
The same is likely true for civilizations in Europe, many borrowing from the Romans, who got it where? India?
Whatever the origin, it isn't surprising that it was reused. And it isn't surprising that different places found that shape useful to describe their spiritual journey.

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

Blight Inshyte.
As ridiculous as UneducatedX and Lyin' Brien Foerster.
{:o:O:}

[@davidmurphy6884]

The swastika WAS a common motif amongst the Hopewell and Mississippian cultures, but my gut says that the "artifact" in question was made to sell to artifact collectors, and is not a historical piece. Steatite, especially if carved in a large, rod-like shape, finds itself very susceptible to fracture when buried for a long time from the stresses created by frost heaving, and soil dehydration/rehydration over the years. While the motif was common historically, more often than not 4 woodpecker heads comprised the design, as seen in the many shell gorgets as displayed in museum collections. This one just reeks of the same gimmicky stink as all the fake Jewish/Roman/Egyptian "artifacts" carved from slate which have been "discovered" throughout the Ohio Valley.