10 Prehistoric Artifacts and Sites in America

The realm of prehistory remains largely untouched by the scientific community, yet sites and artifacts have emerged around the world, nullifying current history books and baffling academics everywhere. 

The numerous unexplained archaeological sites and artifacts remain a puzzling mystery to scientists but have too much hard evidence to dismiss. 

Discovering the unknown is an exciting prospect. In books, films, and stories around the world are children’s tales that are left behind as children enter into adolescence and that are forgotten in adulthood; however, our world remains full of mystery and captivating perplexities.

1) The Bell in the Coal

In 1944, a 10-year-old boy in West Virginia dropped a lump of coal onto the ground, and to his surprise a metal bell was revealed inside. The coal was bituminous, a 300-million-year-old coal reports Dr. John D. Morrid at the Institute for Creation Research. Upon further examination and analysis of the bell, it was discovered to be comprised of an unusual mix of metals, different from any known means of production today, or on record.

2) The London Hammer

A hammer, the exact function of which remains unknown, was found in a creek bed by two hikers in London, Texas, in 1936. According to Historic Mysters the hammer is six inches long, and an inch in diameter. The hammer’s handle was wood, and the headpiece was iron, part of which was encased in limestone upon its discovery. The rock strata was dated to be between 110 and 115 million years old, reports Glen J. Kuban at Paleo.cc. Though much debate has ensued about the origin and function of the hammer, the largest question is how the hammer became encased within the multimillion-year-old rock to begin with.

3) The Sailing Stones of California

Near Death Valley are the mysterious sailing stones of the Racetrack Playa, a dry lakebed. Stones leave tracks behind them for as far as 1,500 feet, according to the National Park Service; however, no one has ever seen them move. Many of the stones weigh several hundred pounds, and they leave their mysterious trails across the dry, flat ground. Though the movement of the stones is evident, how they move—or what moves them—continues to perplex scientists.

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4) Mammoths in North America

Discovered in Vero Beach, Fla., on a 3-inch bone fragment was an etched drawing of a mammoth or mastodon. Scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Institute dated the drawing to be 13,000 years old. The artifact is the oldest ice age art depicting an animal with a trunk. Mammoths were not originally believed to have been in North America during this time.

5) The Footprint and the Trilobite

In June of 1968, an amateur fossil collector made the discovery of a lifetime, stirring ripples across the scientific community. A mere 43 miles west of Delta, Utah, is a fossilized footprint stepping on a trilobite, an extinct marine arthropod. The foot—wearing size 13 shoes—stepped on a living trilobite that was 10 1/4 inches long and 3 1/2 inches wide, according to The Unexplained Net, and Books Fact. Trilobites are known to have gone extinct around 280 million years ago, and according to the current scientific human timeline, the existence of humans, let alone ones who wore shoes, would not have existed in that remote age. The age of the fossil is estimated to range between 200 and 600 million years.

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