杜尔契斯特盎

杜尔契斯特盎（Dorchester Pot）是金属制花瓶状物品，1852年在美国马萨诸塞州的多切斯特工人在会客大厅小山（Meeting House Hill）进行爆破作业，从坚实的岩床中炸出了两块金属碎片。而后被科学家回收并且上报。科学家们发现这两块碎片合拢后，竟是一个钟形器皿，高12厘米，宽17厘米，是用某种金属制成，有点像锌或锌与银的合金。根据从当地报纸波士顿文稿转载文本在1852年6月5日的《科学美国人》上的报导^[1] ，金属制花瓶状物品的两块被发现，是在废墟中松散的碎片由作业的爆炸抛出来当地报刊誉为“精美绝伦”。

地理背景

金属杜尔契斯特盎被发现的罗克斯伯里砾岩（Roxbury Conglomerate）经由考古学家们测定是在距今593百万年前～570百万年前时期的岩层，用现代进化教学家们的称呼是在埃迪卡拉纪（Ediacaran）期间。^[2]^[3]此底层在千万年前深断陷盆地海底扇和斜坡的环境里充满了海水的底部积累^[3]^[4]^[5] ^[5]^[6]。

外观

钟形容器基部为4.5英寸（11.5公分）高，6.5英寸（16.5公分）和顶部的直径为2.5英寸（6.4公分）。这件钟形容器是用类似锌的银色合金钢所制成。^[1]并在下半部分的设计用花圈或藤蔓图案围绕　两面上均镶嵌著银色锌。

论点

一位著名的印度教徒－迈克尔·克里莫相信杜尔契斯特盎就是考古学家们在世界上发现的千百万件之一的北美洲在超过600万年前有一位生活在高度文明社会的一位具有艺术天分的金属工人的存在证据。^[7]

十九世纪于印度生产的瓶子

主流考古学家认为这是近代产品 ^[8]。一本1964书籍指出这款式是十九世纪在孟买生产的瓶子^[9] 。

参考资源

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Anonymous, 1852, A Relic of a By-Gone Age. Scientific American. v. 7, no. 38, p. 298 (June 5, 1852)
^ Thompson, M.D., A.M. Grunow, and J. Ramezum, 2007, Late Neoproterozoic paleogeography of the Southeastern New England Avalon Zone: Insights from U-Pb geochronology and paleomagnetism. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 119(5/6):681-696.
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 Rehmer, J., 1981, Squantum tilloid Member of the Roxbury Conglomerate of Boston, Massachusetts. in M.J. Hambrey and W.B. Harland, eds, pp. 756-759, Earth’s Pre-Pleistocene Glacial Record. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
^ Socci, A.D., 1990, Stratigraphic implications of facies within the Boston Basin. in A.D. Socci, J.W. Skehan, and G.W. Smith, eds, pp. 55-74, Geology of the Composite Avalon Terrane of Southern New England. Special Paper no. 245. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado
^ ^5.0 ^5.1 Carto, S.L., and N. Eyles (2011) Chapter 43 The Squantum Member of the Boston Basin, Massachusetts, USA In: E. Arnaud, G.P. Halverson, and G. Shields-Zhou, eds. pp. 475-480, The Geological Record of Neoproterozoic Glaciations. Memoirs no. 36. Geological Society, London, England.
^ Mansfield, G. R., 1906, The Origin and Structure of the Roxbury Conglomerate. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. no. XLIX, p. 180
^ Cremo, M.A., and R.L. Thompson (1998) Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race. Badger, California, Bhaktivedanta Book Publishing. 914 p. ISBN 978-0-89213-294-2
^ Bad Archaeology, 2007. A metallic vase from Dorchester (Massachusetts, USA) （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）,
^ Catalano, B. (1964) Arte Indiana Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, K. Bharatha Iyer, Italy, 142 p.

Fort, Charles H. (1919) The Book of the Damned. New York, New York, Boni and Liveright 228 p. ISBN 1-58509-278-9 Mentioned on page 128 of Chapter IX （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） and The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
St Rain, Tedd, 2003. Mystery Of America: Enigmatic Mysteries And Anomalous Artifacts Of North America - A Connection To The Ancient Past. Lost Arts Media. PDF (17.6 mb) ISBN 1-59016-999-9

[Anonymous1852a-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Anonymous, 1852, A Relic of a By-Gone Age. Scientific American. v. 7, no. 38, p. 298 (June 5, 1852)

[Thompson+2007a-2] Thompson, M.D., A.M. Grunow, and J. Ramezum, 2007, Late Neoproterozoic paleogeography of the Southeastern New England Avalon Zone: Insights from U-Pb geochronology and paleomagnetism. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 119(5/6):681-696.

[Rehmer1981a-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Rehmer, J., 1981, Squantum tilloid Member of the Roxbury Conglomerate of Boston, Massachusetts. in M.J. Hambrey and W.B. Harland, eds, pp. 756-759, Earth’s Pre-Pleistocene Glacial Record. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

[Socci+1990a-4] Socci, A.D., 1990, Stratigraphic implications of facies within the Boston Basin. in A.D. Socci, J.W. Skehan, and G.W. Smith, eds, pp. 55-74, Geology of the Composite Avalon Terrane of Southern New England. Special Paper no. 245. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado

[CartoOthers2011a-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Carto, S.L., and N. Eyles (2011) Chapter 43 The Squantum Member of the Boston Basin, Massachusetts, USA In: E. Arnaud, G.P. Halverson, and G. Shields-Zhou, eds. pp. 475-480, The Geological Record of Neoproterozoic Glaciations. Memoirs no. 36. Geological Society, London, England.

[Mansfield1906a-6] Mansfield, G. R., 1906, The Origin and Structure of the Roxbury Conglomerate. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. no. XLIX, p. 180

[Cremo_+1998a-7] Cremo, M.A., and R.L. Thompson (1998) Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race. Badger, California, Bhaktivedanta Book Publishing. 914 p. ISBN 978-0-89213-294-2

[BadArchaeology2007a-8] Bad Archaeology, 2007. A metallic vase from Dorchester (Massachusetts, USA) （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）,

[Catalano1964a-9] Catalano, B. (1964) Arte Indiana Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, K. Bharatha Iyer, Italy, 142 p.

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