Gad Rausing of Lund, Sweden, thinks that the general outline and size agree quite closely with the very early Bronze Age daggers of Northern Europe-but he has never seen one with two big and two small rivet holes arranged in such a manner, and so he says he “cannot claim to recognize it at all.” It may be, as he suggests, that the four rivet holes were not made at the same time, but that the small ones were added when one of the large ones got broken. Smith, who wrote “Supplementary Notes” to the Moorehead volume, says he has always been “troubled” by the copper artifact because its unusual form suggests it may not be Indian.
A drawing of it showing two large and two small rivet holes for hafting was published by Warren King Moorehead in 1931. Kershaw of Merrimacport, Massachusetts, on Indian Flat near his home. Regarding the dagger, here is what Pohl has to say:Īrthur Petzold (of Andover, MA) recently called my attention to a heavily-patinated copper “spearhead or knife” found many years ago by Dr.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology, catalog # 90.5.1. Copper dagger or knife blade from Merrimacport, Massachusetts in the collection of the Robert S. Both authors contributed extensively to the literature on connections between Europe and the Americas, often featuring Vikings mainstream archaeology has dubbed Pohl, Fell, and allied writers as pseudoscientists who offer provocative theories, but little concrete or testable evidence. Barry Fell also discussed the piece in his popular 1976 book America BC: Ancient Settlers in the New World. The object in question is a copper dagger or knife and is pictured in Frederick Pohl’s 1961 book Atlantic Crossings before Columbus. Kershaw in the early twentieth century, is repeatedly cited as evidence for Viking visitors to Massachusetts long before the days of the Pilgrims. One object, donated to the Institute by Dr.
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