Well, I'm not suggesting that you pay for every article you see cited. What I am suggesting is that there are other methods of accessing this material and that simply because some articles require payment for access does not mean that they are not generally available and that accusing a post of being 'untrue' solely because of your problems with accessing citations is inappropriate.
Well, suffice to say that I disagree with almost everything in this paragraph. As to your last comment, I rather suppose that an omniscient deity would be capable of assessing whether belief in it was sincere or not.
OK Lord Kalvan, let's get back to the task at hand....
(1) Professor Hapgood found dinosaur figurines were genuine and dated the clay figures to 2500BC verified by two independent laboratories....
Hapgood, Charles H. (1999).
Mystery in Acambaro. Adventures Unlimited Press.
ISBN 978-0-932813-76-3.
(2) In 1973, Professor Hapgood wrote Mystery in Acámbaro (reprinted here in full), wherein he discusses the feasibility of these figurines being sourced from an ancient culture, and the results of radiocarbon tests that suggest the artefacts could be anywhere from 6,500 to 3,100 years old. Thermoluminesence testing yielded a date of 2500 BC: 4,500 years old, and coinciding with the occupation of the Pyramid of Cuilcuilco, according to Hapgood.
https://www.nexusmagazine.com/products/books/ancient-mysteries/mystery-in-acambaro-detail
(3) The laboratory that did the dating ran18 trials to make sure it was correct.
(4) Not only was Hapgood a world authority on prehistoric life and artifacts, but he possessed an innate curiosity.
Hapgood spent several weeks in Acambaro. He hired local workers to dig in locations and to depths selected by him. They dug into ground that had never been disturbed; they tunneled under big rocks, buildings and rock walls; everywhere they dug they found figurines.
Professor Hapgood took every precaution against any fraud. Most of the figurines had been discovered near a mountain called Bull Hill, in the southwestern section of Acambaro.
During their numerous excavations, the professor and Odilon Tinajero, his chief digger, uncovered items that only increased the mystery. While tunneling under a rock wall, they uncovered an ancient grave that held the remains of an Indian with a beautiful hand crafted obsidian dagger in his hand.
They also uncovered many unusual teeth, which the university laboratories identified as the teeth of Equus Conversidans Owen, or what is commonly known as the long extinct ice-age horse.
(5) Stumped and mystified at the results of his investigation, Hapgood submitted some of the figurines to a Carbon 14 test. The results revealed that the objects were made around 1500 B.C.
Following his lengthy and unprejudiced investigation. Professor Charles Hapgood reported that he could not detect any evidence of fraud and that his final conclusion was that the figurines were the work of an ancient people, the purpose of which is unknown.
From a Mexican newpaper
http://thetombstonenews.com/acambaromen-mysteries-in-mexico-p2034-84.htm
(6) DiPeso also stated: “Further investigation revealed that a family living in the vicinity of Acambaro make these figurines during the winter months when their fields lie idle” (1953, 18[4]:388). DiPeso further claimed that the hole from which he watched figurines being excavated showed signs of recent digging prior to the excavation and signs of figurine “planting.” He concluded: “Thus the investigation ended: it seems almost superfluous to state that the Acambaro figurines are not prehistoric nor were they made by a prehistoric race who lived in association with Mesozoic reptiles” (18[4]:389).
https://www.apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=9&article=446
Who do you believe ? Professor Hapgood and 12 witnesses ? or this biased scientist DiPeso ?
(7) Several suspicious aspects of DiPeso’s trip troubled those who wanted honest answers about the figurines. First, DiPeso spent little more than two days for his entire investigation. He only watched a tiny fraction of the figures be excavated. Second, he claimed to have inspected the entire collection of over 32,000 pieces, but he was only in Julsrud’s house for about four hours. Furthermore, he did not take time to learn the method used by the excavators. Nor did he attempt to locate an undisturbed site to excavate.
(8) Hapgood’s initial report was published in December 1955, now a very rare document that is extremely difficult to find. In it, he stated the reason for his investigation. Referring to DiPeso’s expedition, Hapgood said: “The previous investigations, extremely limited in character (one lasted half a day and the other two days) have failed to prove anything. Their evidence is purely negative and entirely inconclusive” (1955, p. 3). In the report, Hapgood addressed each of DiPeso’s contentions.
(9) No Missing Pieces?
DiPeso stated: “The figures were broken, in most cases, where the appendages attached themselves to the body of the figurines.... No parts were missing.” In response to the breaking of the pieces at their appendages, Hapgood noted: “But what would be more natural than for pieces to break at their weakest points?” (1955, 5:7). Furthermore, concerning the missing parts, he said: “As for missing parts, I have personally inspected a number of large boxes which are completely filled with parts of figurines that could not be put together because parts were found missing” (1955, 5:7). Hapgood’s testimony coincides with that of other observers of the collection. William Russell said: “Julsrud showed me several figurines.... And there were
many hundreds of broken pieces stacked in boxes” (1952, 5[2]:25, emp. added).
I mean how much citation does it take to convince you the findings are genuine
(10) I have examined it
many hours daily for several weeks, and I cannot claim to have examined more than a small fraction of the objects. Yet
I have seen innumerable breaks that could have been made by shovel or pick” (1955, 5:7, emp. added).
(11) He said: “Further, none of the specimens were marred by patination nor did they possess the surface coating of soluble salts...” (1953, 18[4]:388).
(12) Not satisfied, however, to rely solely on this explanation, Hapgood determined to find an undisturbed area to see for himself. Concerning his activities on June 22, 1955, Hapgood wrote:
The next day we obtained permission to dig inside one of the houses erected on the site. This was owned by Acambaro’s Chief of Police, Juan Mandujano. Since the general site had been so thoroughly searched by the digger over a period of about eight years, it seemed that the best possibility of finding a cache of figurines would be under one of the houses. ‘Planting’ of figurines in that case would also be difficult, if not impossible. So far as I could find out, the house was built about 25 years ago (1930—KB). I found every part of the floor of the house smooth, and extremely hard. The diggers worked through the floor with picks, and I saw the hard layer was about eight inches thick. Under this was a somewhat softer layer of earth, which overlay the original sloping surface of the ground. The original surface was easily discernible in the stratification and was complete. There appeared to be no doubt that the original surface had not been disturbed since the fill was piled on it to level the floor when the house was built.... Below the original sloping surface were found many fragments of pots, and many fragments of figurines. All the figurine fragments were clearly typical of the Julsrud collection (1955, 1:2-3).
Citations
DiPeso, Charles (1953), “The Clay Figurines of Acambaro, Guanajuato, Mexico,”
American Antiquity, 18[4]:388-389.
Gardner, Erle Stanley (1969),
Host With the Big Hat (New York: William Morrow).
Hapgood, Charles (1955),
Reports From Acambaro (New York: Fieldstone School).
Hapgood, Charles (2000),
Mystery in Acambaro (Kempton, IL: Adventures Unlimited Press).
Harmer, Lowell (1951), “Mexico Finds Give Hint of Lost World: Dinosaur Statues Point to Men Who Lived in Age of Reptiles,”
Los Angeles Times, B1-B2, March 25.
Pezzati, Alex (2005), “Mystery at Acambaro, Mexico,”
Expedition, 47[3]:6-7.
Russell, William N. (1952), “Did Man Tame the Dinosaur?,”
Fate, 5[2]:20-27.
Swift, Dennis (no date[a]), “The Dinosaur Figurines of Acambaro, Mexico,” [On-line], URL:
http://www.bible.ca/tracks/tracks-acambaro.htm#photo.
Reading this webpage explains things fairly well.
https://www.apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=9&article=446
