SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT #1 - TWO ANCIENT ROCK INSCRIPTIONS INDICATE AN ARCHAIC CHINESE PRESENCE IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST
With commentary by: Stephen C. Jett, Ph.D., UC-Davis
As published in Pre-Columbiana Vol. 6 (2-4)
ABSTRACT
For hundreds of years, well-versed explorers have noted that at scattered sites throughout North America there are ancient and complex petroglyphs with shapes suggestive of ancient Asiatic script. Archaeologists typically dismiss these reports as instances of apophenia, the psychological phenomena of noting meaning in truly meaningless or random patterns, such as clouds in the sky.
Consequently, these curious "out-of-place" images have remained an anathema for archaeologists, being overlooked, mis-categorized, and, by fiat categorized as Native expressions with no possible link to any outside influence.
Contrary to this dogma and ingrained institutionalized bias, and as part of the larger study referred to as Asiatic Echoes, this supplemental report documents two sets of highly complex, readable, and very ancient Chinese writings that were pecked into the rocks of Arizona and New Mexico approximately 2500 YBP. This first of these inscriptions employs a form of syntax characteristic of recordings of Shang Dynasty sacrificial offerings. The second of these readable ancient writings was written as literature with a well-known style (piánwén) of Chinese prose. Importantly, both of these writings have been independently confirmed as readable ancient Chinese writings by well-known and esteemed sinologists.
Here is demonstrable epigraphic proof that Chinese explorers not only reached the Americas long ago, but that they interacted positively with Native North American people over an extended period.
Click here to view this full report and academic commentary provided by Stephen C. Jett, Ph.D., UC-Davis
As published in Pre-Columbiana Vol. 6 (2-4)
ABSTRACT
For hundreds of years, well-versed explorers have noted that at scattered sites throughout North America there are ancient and complex petroglyphs with shapes suggestive of ancient Asiatic script. Archaeologists typically dismiss these reports as instances of apophenia, the psychological phenomena of noting meaning in truly meaningless or random patterns, such as clouds in the sky.
Consequently, these curious "out-of-place" images have remained an anathema for archaeologists, being overlooked, mis-categorized, and, by fiat categorized as Native expressions with no possible link to any outside influence.
Contrary to this dogma and ingrained institutionalized bias, and as part of the larger study referred to as Asiatic Echoes, this supplemental report documents two sets of highly complex, readable, and very ancient Chinese writings that were pecked into the rocks of Arizona and New Mexico approximately 2500 YBP. This first of these inscriptions employs a form of syntax characteristic of recordings of Shang Dynasty sacrificial offerings. The second of these readable ancient writings was written as literature with a well-known style (piánwén) of Chinese prose. Importantly, both of these writings have been independently confirmed as readable ancient Chinese writings by well-known and esteemed sinologists.
Here is demonstrable epigraphic proof that Chinese explorers not only reached the Americas long ago, but that they interacted positively with Native North American people over an extended period.
Click here to view this full report and academic commentary provided by Stephen C. Jett, Ph.D., UC-Davis
