Asiatic Echoes - The identification of ancient chinese pictograms in pre-columbian
north american rock writing

As of January 2023, this study has identified 131 unique ancient Chinese scripts in the North American rock writing record. (CLICK HERE TO VIEW OR DOWNLOAD A REPRESENTATIVE PICTORIAL INDEX OF 104 OF THESE ITEMS.)
 
In addition, several hundred additional examples of many of these symbols have been identified, mostly along a path stretching from California's Mojave Desert to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Significantly, all the study's pictogram-glyphs have a form matching that of a known complex ancient Chinese script character, each with statistical confidence equal to or greater than 95%. Importantly, multiple world-renowned sinologists and epigraphers have confirmed all these identifications. Click on the item "Academic Commentary" at the top of this page to view comments provided by the study's major academic authorities.
 
Readers are encouraged to view and download for their own personal use the study's supplemental and ancillary research reports. Two articles detailing significant examples of readable ancient Chinese writings that have been identified upon the rocks of the Southwest are located in the "Additional Research Publications" section listed above as "Supplemental Reports #1 and #3."
 
For the more serious researcher, background information on the study's comparative statistical rubric is presented in the primary research report of this endeavor: Asiatic Echoes - The Identification of Ancient Chinese Pictograms in pre-Columbian North American Rock Writing, 3rd edition. A print version of the manuscript may be obtained by following the link to the "Asiatic Echoes" page of this website shown above. Digital copies of the report are currently available at Academia.edu, Researchgate.net, and The Digital Archaeological Record.
 
Importantly, all of the study's ancient Chinese pictogram-glyphs exhibit measurable surface repatination indicating that they are hundreds or even thousands of years old. As such, they are not recent specious fabrications (fakes). In addition, senior National Park Service personnel and ranking members of Native American tribes have collectively determined that these pictogram-glyphs are not associated with any known style of Native American rock art.

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Note to Researchers and Readers
The sole intent of this website is to share with others the findings of the ongoing scientific study referred to as Asiatic Echoes.

Previously, as this endeavor has been an ongoing research program, Asiatic Echoes: The Identification of Ancient Chinese Pictograms in pre-Columbian North American Rock Writing has been periodically enlarged, enhanced, and updated so that it would contain the study's latest findings and endorsed interpretations. However, now that the 3rd edition of Asiatic Echoes is in print all future reports detailing the study's latest discoveries appear separately as Supplemental Reports on this website under the tab "Additional Research Publications." To view the most recent edition of Asiatic Echoes click here to go to the external Academia.edu website.

Recently, the worldwide media have published various reports about the remarkable findings of this research endeavor. A simple Internet search will display a number of these items. Readers are reminded that while this study is primarily paleographic it also has significant implications for the archaeological dating of related rock art sites, and for understanding the origin of some Native American rock art, customs, and folklore.

​As the world renowned expert on ancient Chinese writing David N. Keightley, Ph.D. stated: "This is a new academic field!"
John A. Ruskamp, Jr., Ed.D., M.B.A.

A YouTube video overview of this research is shown below:

A DVD recording of this presentation is available from:
The Agave House Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society 

​Contact the Chapter President to obtain a copy of
"The Asian Antecedents of North America"
An Online Zoom Lecture, Recorded July 22, 2020