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O.o.P.Arts:
(Out of Place Artefacts)
Our view of prehistory is
based on certain assumptions.
This fossilised
hammer (right) was found embedded in rock. It was displayed in 2000
and is verified as authentic.
The following artefacts
highlight the difficulty of assuming anything.
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Note - At
present, all the following artefacts are classified as 'anomalous' or 'fake'.
However...should just one of these discoveries ever be
verified by the scientific establishment, then either the processes of
Geology or the current theories on human development would no longer apply.
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Ooparts: A catalogue of anomalous discoveries.
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The
'Fossilised
Hammer.
This fossilised hammer was displayed in an exhibition of anomalous artefacts
in the year 2000.
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Mechanically manufactured gold thread
found in sandstone rock, Rutherford-Mills, England. It was found embedded in naked
rock, at a depth of about 8 feet. 60m yrs. (The Times, June 22nd 1844) (8).
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South African spheres
- Quote from (1) - 'Over the past several decades, South African miners
have found hundreds of metallic
spheres, at least one of which has three parallel grooves running around its
equator. The spheres are of two types - "one of solid bluish metal with
white flecks, and another which is a hollow ball filled with a white spongy
centre" (Jimison, 1982). The sphere
in the photo (right), was found in a Precambrian mineral deposit, making it
an unlikely 4,500 Million years years old. Some of the spheres
can be seen in the Museum at Klerksdorp, South Africa. (1)
(Other Examples of Metallurgy in
Prehistory)
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The 'Dorchester Pot - The June issue of Scientific American (Vol 7,
1851. p.298), reports that a 'metallic
vase' had been
dynamited out of solid rock on Meeting Hill in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
The story said, 'on putting the two parts together it formed a bell-shaped
vessel, 4 ½ inches high, 6 ½ inches at the base, 2 ½ inches at the top and
about an eighth of an inch in thickness". The body of the vessel resembles
zinc in colour, or a composition metal in which there is a considerable
portion of silver. The vessel is chased, carved and inlayed exquisitely.
(9).
(View original
Scientific American Article)
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1961
- The 'Coso Artefact'
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(NOW KNOWN TO BE A FAKE)
The story goes that rock hunters collecting geodes in Olancher, California cut a stone in half
to discover a form of mechanical
device. Beneath the outer layer of
hardened clay, pebbles, and fossil inclusion was a hexagonal layer of an
unknown substance softer than agate or jasper. This layer surrounded a
three-quarter-inch-wide cylinder made of solid porcelain or ceramic, and in
the centre of the cylinder was a 2mm shaft of bright metal. This shaft was
magnetic and showed no signs of oxidation. Circling the ceramic cylinder
were rings of copper, and these also had not corroded. X-ray photography
(right, top), showed that the metallic shaft was corroded at one end, but
the other was affixed to a spring or helix of metal. (9).
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1862
- Human bones found by miners in coal seam,
(Estimated 286 mill years old)
1872
- Perforated shark
teeth, Suffolk, 2-2.5 m
yrs. (The Times, April 1872)
1881
- An 'iron nail'
from gold bearing quartzite from Kingoodie, Nr Dundee, 387m yrs. (The Times,
Dec 1881).
1885
- A small steel cube
(2.64 x 2.64 x 1.85 inches), found in coal from an iron foundry in Austria,
The cube had perfectly straight and sharp Four of its sides were smooth and
flat while the two remaining sides, opposite each other, were convex. A deep
groove ran all the way round. Studied at Salzberg museum. Contained Carbon
and Nickel (weight 1.73 Lbs, specific gravity of 7.75). The cube
disappeared in 1910, and during the bombings of WW2 the museum's
inventory file relating to the time period when the cube was on display
(1886-1910) were destroyed. Verification relies on the publications;
Nature (London, 1886) and L'Astronomie (Paris, 1887). (9).
1891 -
Morrisonville, Illinois, USA. An 8 carrot (alloy), gold chain found
embedded in coal by Mrs S. W. Culp. As she undertook to take the chain from
the coal, the middle of the chain became loosened while each end remained
fastened. (estimated at 260-232 million years old). (9).
1899
- Smithsonian institute initiate a survey of anomalous artefacts that
'appear to come from gravels dating 38-55m yrs from 'Table-top mountain'.
Finds include: spear
heads 6-8'' long, ladles and handles,
notched slate object
(possibly for a bow),
stone grinding tool, human jaw
(33-35 m yrs), Mastadon tooth, ¼ '' perforated, white marble bead, stone
axe, Andesite stone mortars (nearest source 100 miles).
1922
- Fossil of a shoe
print with stitching,
Nevada, 213-248m yrs.
1938
- Human like footprint
found by Prof. Wilbur Boroughs in Kentucky, 250m yrs.
1942
- Iron chain
still embedded in sandstone, California. Extant photo but object lost.
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The Cambodian 'Stegosaurus'.
This carved facade can be seen in
the temples of Ta Prohm,
Cambodia. (Dated 11th Cent AD).
A Close-up reveals the image of a Stegasorus.
We know that it is an original carving as the
depth of the relief is the same as the rest of the facade.
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1968
- Split shale has a
shoeprint with
Trilobites embedded beneath, (left), from Antelope springs, Utah. 213-248m
yrs. (1)
1968 -
Semi-ovoid metallic
tubes of identical
shape but varying size found in Cretaceous chalk. The chalk-bed was exposed
in a quarry at St. Jean de Livet, France, and is estimated to be at least 65
million years old. (1)
1969
- Human footprints
in Limestone that runs underwater. When excavated, dinosaur footprints were
found in the same strata at site. Paluxy River, Texas.
1983
- Human footprints
found in rock by Prof. Amanniyazov in Russia. 150m yrs.
1989
- Polished willow plank
from N. Jordan valley. Dated at 500,000 years B.P.
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