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STRANGE
ARTIFACTS
A SOURCEBOOK ON ANCIENT MAN
Compiled by
WILLIAM R. CORLISS
VOLUME M-1
PRICE: $6.95
Published and Distributed by
William R. Corliss
Glen A r m , Maryland 21057
Copyright © 1974 by William R. Corliss
Library of Congress Catalog Number: 74-75256
ISBN
0-9600712-2-9
First Printing: March 1974
Printed in the United States of America
by
CUSTOM COPY CENTER, INC.
Baltimore, Maryland
PREFACE
I have always been intrigued with the tailings from the mine of science. I mean
those facts that do not fit the mold, those anomalies that should not exist, those
sports, those wild points that lie far off the curve. One of my hobbies is c o l -
lecting and organizing these homeless facts. These waifs are curious and most
intriguing. Either they are false or science still has much fundamental work to do.
But I leave such problems to the reader. All I have done is collect, categorize,
and reprint this anomalous information.
The result is this first volume of archeo-
logical curiosities. Perhaps you can make something out of them. At the very least,
I hope you will be excited by the unknown territory that still lies ahead of us.
I have devoted a great deal of thought to the organization of this volume. The format
is flexible. More material may be added within the framework of categories from
any source and any period. Seemingly disparate data are correlated through the
indexes and annotations. Whole new categories can be added if it appears necessary.
The literature dealing with mysterious archeological items has been merely scratched.
Volume M l , the present volume, represents only a small portion of my collection.
Volume M2 is well along in preparation, as are volumes in the fields of geophysics,
astronomy, and unresolved geological problems.
The data included have been filtered only slightly. Doubtless some hoaxes and honest
misinterpretations will be found in the pages that follow. This is unavoidable in a
project of this scope. Indeed, it is unavoidable in all phases of inquiry, especially
those relying heavily upon observational evidence. Data were selected for inclusion
according to their "strangeness" and their tendency to contradict current scientific
hypotheses or stretch them beyond their present bounds. There has also been a
deliberate effort to gather in observations from the 19th Century that have gathered
dust too long on library shelves. Anomalous artifacts are too rare to let them be
discarded merely because they are old or money cannot be found to put them into
computerized data systems.
The collecting net I flung into the literature was a broad one. It had to be because :
(1) valid data and interesting theories are often published outside the mainstream of
scientific thought; and (2) people were just as observant a century or two ago as they
are today. Quotations in this volume will demonstrate that they viewed the world
with great curiosity and if they sometimes misinterpreted things perhaps they also
saw the cosmos through less biased eyes.
Some of the material included here will be labelled "pseudoscience, " but some of the
data so castigated will be legitimate science a decade hence.
The antiquity of man
is, of course, a case in point. The reader should bear in mind that many items are
inserted with the express purpose of "rocking the boat. "
I should also add that I have deliberately introduced data
perhaps 25% of the whole—
from outside the scientific literature. This was not done because of any lack of
material but rather to insure the widest possible spectrum of observations.
Being that this is a sourcebook, I must acknowledge the many writers of papers,
books, letters-to-the-editor, and sundry publications that form the foundation of the
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book. Where lengthy quotations are taken from publications still protected by copy-
right, permission has been obtained from the copyright holder.
William R. Corliss
Glen A r m , Maryland
December 28, 1973.
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CONTENTS
Page
ORGANIZATION OF THE SOURCEBOOKS
ANTHROPOLOGICAL EVIDENCE*
GEOLOGICAL A R T I F A C T S *
GRAPHIC ARTIFACTS*
LEGENDS, MYTHS, CONCEPTS*
MANUFACTURED A R T I F A C T S *
STRUCTURAL ARTIFACTS*
SUBJECT INDEX
AUTHOR INDEX
SOURCE INDEX
M l --1
M l -•3
M l -•9
M l -•29
M l -•67
M l - •101
M l - •119
M l - •255
M l - •260
M l - 261
*A breakdown of the subsections within these categories follows. Use the
headings at the tops of the pages to locate specific subsections and entries.
Section Code and Title
MA
Anthropological evidence
Subsection Code and Title
MAD
•MAS
MEF
MES
MGM
* MGP
MGS
MGT
MGW
Physical characteristics
Social structure.
Fossil footprints
Skeletons
Macroforms
Pictographs
Symbols and notation
Statues, images
Writing
ME
Geological artifacts
MG
Graphic artifacts
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