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1878 OBSERVATIONS ON THE DIGHTON ROCK INSCRIPTION. ''The American Antiquarian: A Quarterly Journal Devoted to Early American History, Ethnology and Archaeology'' 1(1):38. | 1878 OBSERVATIONS ON THE DIGHTON ROCK INSCRIPTION. ''The American Antiquarian: A Quarterly Journal Devoted to Early American History, Ethnology and Archaeology'' 1(1):38. | ||
</ref> Although modern archaeologists agree that the Dighton rock petroglyphs were probably inscribed by the indigenous people of the area, Dighton rock has been a source of controversy due to assertions by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoarchaeology pseudoarchaeologists] that it is evidence of pre-Columbian contact with indigenous nations in the Americas.<ref name ="feder">Feder, Kenneth L. | </ref> Although modern archaeologists agree that the Dighton rock petroglyphs were probably inscribed by the indigenous people of the area, Dighton rock has been a source of controversy due to assertions by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoarchaeology pseudoarchaeologists] that it is evidence of pre-Columbian contact with indigenous nations in the Americas.<ref name ="feder">Feder, Kenneth L. | ||
2010 Encyclopedia of Dubious Archaeology: From Atlantis To The Walam Olum. Greenwood, California.</ref>[[Image:Dighton rock (nonslutty version).jpg|thumb|right|options|Dighton rock and Seth Eastman, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's illustrator<ref>New England Historical Society n.d. The Mystery of Dighton Rock – ‘No man alive knows…’. Electronic document, http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-mystery-of-dighton-rock-no-man-alive-knows/, accessed December 12, 2019.</ref>]] | 2010 Encyclopedia of Dubious Archaeology: From Atlantis To The Walam Olum. Greenwood, California.</ref>[[Image:Dighton rock (nonslutty version).jpg|thumb|right|options|Dighton rock and Seth Eastman, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's illustrator<ref name= "ne history">New England Historical Society n.d. The Mystery of Dighton Rock – ‘No man alive knows…’. Electronic document, http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-mystery-of-dighton-rock-no-man-alive-knows/, accessed December 12, 2019.</ref>]] | ||
== | ==History== | ||
===Discovery=== | ===Discovery and Early Reception=== | ||
[[Image:Dighton Rock And The Boys.jpg|thumb|left|options|Early photo of Dighton Rock<ref>Dighton Historical Society 2014 Dighton Rock. Electronic document, https://dightonhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com/, accessed December 12, 2019. </ref>]] | [[Image:Dighton Rock And The Boys.jpg|thumb|left|options|Early photo of Dighton Rock<ref>Dighton Historical Society 2014 Dighton Rock. Electronic document, https://dightonhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com/, accessed December 12, 2019. </ref>]] | ||
=== | Dighton rock was discovered shortly after the Europeans arrived in Massachusetts and quickly became an obsession of the burgeoning nation.<ref name= "net roots">Native American Net Roots | ||
2012 Dighton Rock. Electronic document, http://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/1217, accessed | |||
December 4, 2019 | |||
</ref> Dighton rock attracted the attention of some of the greatest minds and scholars of colonial America, from the infamous [[Henry Rowe Schoolcraft]] to George Washington himself.<ref name= "ne history" /> Pseudoarchaeological beliefs popped up and spread quickly, beginning in the 1680s when the Reverend John Danforth, an early documenter of Dighton Rock, became convinced the petroglyphs inscribed on the rock were written in Phonecian.<ref name= "net roots" /> Danforth sent his theories as well as an illustration of the Dighton rock petroglyphs to the Royal Society of London for their opinions but never received a response.<ref name= "net roots" /> | |||
====Popular Press==== | ====Popular Press==== | ||
====Archaeological Community==== | ====Archaeological Community==== | ||
Revision as of 16:13, 13 December 2019
by Ayla Schwartz
Dighton Rock (see also, the Dighton Writing Rock, the Assonet Monument) is a petroglyphic boulder located in Massachusetts along the northwesternly corner of Assonet River[1] in an area that was orignally occupied by the indigenous Omamiwinini people. [2][3] Although modern archaeologists agree that the Dighton rock petroglyphs were probably inscribed by the indigenous people of the area, Dighton rock has been a source of controversy due to assertions by pseudoarchaeologists that it is evidence of pre-Columbian contact with indigenous nations in the Americas.[4]
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History
Discovery and Early Reception
Dighton rock was discovered shortly after the Europeans arrived in Massachusetts and quickly became an obsession of the burgeoning nation.[7] Dighton rock attracted the attention of some of the greatest minds and scholars of colonial America, from the infamous Henry Rowe Schoolcraft to George Washington himself.[5] Pseudoarchaeological beliefs popped up and spread quickly, beginning in the 1680s when the Reverend John Danforth, an early documenter of Dighton Rock, became convinced the petroglyphs inscribed on the rock were written in Phonecian.[7] Danforth sent his theories as well as an illustration of the Dighton rock petroglyphs to the Royal Society of London for their opinions but never received a response.[7]
Popular Press
Archaeological Community
Petroglyphs
Pseudoarchaeogical Narrative
Pre-Columbian Settlement of North America
An Archaeological Response
How the Archaeological Record Works
The Flaws and Inconsitancies in Pre-Columbian Contact "theories"
Dighton Rock as (bad) evidence
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Delabarre, Edmund Burke 1928, Dighton Rock: A Study of the Written Rocks of New England. Walter Neale, New York.
- ↑ Native Languages n.d. Omamiwinini First Nation. Electronic document, http://www.native-languages.org/definitions/omamiwinini.htm, accessed December 13, 2019.
- ↑ Rau, Chas 1878 OBSERVATIONS ON THE DIGHTON ROCK INSCRIPTION. The American Antiquarian: A Quarterly Journal Devoted to Early American History, Ethnology and Archaeology 1(1):38.
- ↑ Feder, Kenneth L. 2010 Encyclopedia of Dubious Archaeology: From Atlantis To The Walam Olum. Greenwood, California.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 New England Historical Society n.d. The Mystery of Dighton Rock – ‘No man alive knows…’. Electronic document, http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-mystery-of-dighton-rock-no-man-alive-knows/, accessed December 12, 2019.
- ↑ Dighton Historical Society 2014 Dighton Rock. Electronic document, https://dightonhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com/, accessed December 12, 2019.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Native American Net Roots 2012 Dighton Rock. Electronic document, http://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/1217, accessed December 4, 2019
- ↑ McDermott, Alicia 2015 Who Made the Petroglyphs on the Mysterious Dighton Rock? Electronic document, https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/who-made-petroglyphs-mysterious-dighton-rock-004991, accessed December 12 2019.