Dorchester Pot
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The Dorchester Pot was a zinc-and-silver vase allegedly mined out of solid rock in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1851. Reported in the June, 1851 issue of Scientific American, it was said to have been blasted from solid puddingstone (a type of sedimentary rock) found 15 feet below the surface of Meeting House Hill in Dorchester. The bell-shaped vessel was described as having floral designs inlaid with silver.
It was recovered in two pieces.
The object was estimated to be about 100,000 years old, which, if true, would earn its designation as an out-of-place artifact. Unfortunately, the pot disappeared after circulating through several museums.
[edit] References
- Scientific American, volume 7, #38, p. 298 (June, 1851)
- Tedd St Rain. Mystery Of America: Enigmatic Mysteries And Anomalous Artifacts Of North America - A Connection To The Ancient Past. Lost Arts Media, 2003.
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