The Calaveras skull is stated on some websites (like http://www.bennerwc.com/ancientman/09_calaveras.html to be one of the most interesting Out Of Place objects (ooparts). Suggesting it is a skull dating from 5.3 to 1.8 million years ago Other sites (http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/mom/calaveras.html) say it has been shown to be a fraud. The talkorigins site cites a report "Taylor, R. E., Louis A. Payen and Peter J. Slota, Jr., 1992, The age of the Calaveras skull: dating the "Piltdown man" of the New World. American Antiquity. vol. 57, pp. 261-269." to prove this point. But when I obtained a copy of the book, it turns out that the citation is incomplete, missing the book number from the volume, I guess there are 12 books in each volume. My instinct is that it is a fraud, but I'd prefer to go back to the original source material rather than yet another website Does anybody have copies of any of the following publications, or links to them.? Boutwell, J. M., 1911, The Calaveras Skull. in W. Lindgrens, The Tertiary Gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper no. 73, pp. 54-55. Jackson, J. H., 1941, Anyone's Gold, the Story of California Mining Towns. D-Apppleton-Century, New York. Dexter, R. W., 1986, Historical aspects of the Calaveras skull controversy. American Antiquity. vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 365-369. Rather, L., 1980, Men Will Be Boys: the Story of E. Clampus Vitus. Rather Press, Oakland. Taylor, R. E., Louis A. Payen and Peter J. Slota, Jr., 1992, The age of the Calaveras skull: dating the "Piltdown man" of the New World. American Antiquity. vol. 57, pp. 261-269. THIS IS THE ONE THAT DOESN'T GIVE THE MAGAZINE NUMBER Thanks in advance for any help you can give
