Ongoing Supplemental Research
The following North American ancient Chinese script pictogram-glyphs have been statistically identified, based on an analysis of each symbol's pattern of line strokes, and subsequently evaluated for their readability by several independent and world-renowned experts on ancient Asiatic writing and by knowledgeable National Park Service personnel. These North American petroglyphs are without any doubt very old; and the style of the written symbols match with those of readable ancient Chinese scripts. Importantly, these symbols are not claimed by, or otherwise known to be associated with, any Native American tribe. Rather, they are readable ancient Chinese scripts that embodying a rhyming scheme which identifies them as an example of Chinese pianwen poetry used by the scholars of China's Bronze era. In the written opinion of the late Dr. David N. Keightley of UC-Berkeley these cartouches likely were created during the time of the Zhou dynasty in China.
Two readable side-by-side ancient numbered Chinese script cartouches located in Arizona
Cartouche #1 - Within the outline of this cartouche are the four ancient Chinese logographic symbols of Yin, Hu, Xun, Jiu. Below the outline is the horizontal Chinese symbol of Yi, meaning One. Collectively, the four symbols within this cartouche may be read as ancient Chinese writing meaning: "Together left, 10 years together."
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Cartouche #2 - Located directly above cartouche #1 this outlined figure contains the four ancient Chinese logographic symbols of Chi, Ge, Hui, Chao. The careful placement below this cartouche of the ancient Chinese symbol Yi (looks like a "Z"), which in this case means "second," is highly significant for it informs us of the reading order for these cartouches. Collectively, the four enclosed symbols here may be read as ancient Chinese writing meaning: "Talking about the City Song, Returning to the City of the Sun."
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This combination of tightly grouped clusters of ancient Chinese scripts in Arizona is profoundly significant. In addition to the purposeful numbering of these clusters with ancient Chinese scripts to inform us of their reading order, the interiors of the cartouches are subdivided by one or more lines forming boxes into which the ancient author placed Chinese symbols in a meaningful and readable manner. This is clearly an example of ancient Chinese writing from pre-Columbian times pecked long ago into the rocks of North America.
Note: The significant level of repatination evident on these pictogram-glyphs is indicative of considerable age. Clearly, these images are not of recent manufacture. They are not modern fabrications (fakes), for knowledge of several of the ancient Chinese written symbols displayed here was lost to humanity shortly after the fall of China's Shang dynasty around 1040 BC. Only recently, in AD 1899, were these script forms rediscovered and subsequently deciphered from the 3000 year old oracle-bones unearthed in Anyang, China, and these images are demonstrably much older than a mere 117 years.
Note: The significant level of repatination evident on these pictogram-glyphs is indicative of considerable age. Clearly, these images are not of recent manufacture. They are not modern fabrications (fakes), for knowledge of several of the ancient Chinese written symbols displayed here was lost to humanity shortly after the fall of China's Shang dynasty around 1040 BC. Only recently, in AD 1899, were these script forms rediscovered and subsequently deciphered from the 3000 year old oracle-bones unearthed in Anyang, China, and these images are demonstrably much older than a mere 117 years.
The following are a few of the additional ancient Chinese script characters identified in this ongoing research endeavor.
The ancient Chinese pictogram-glyph of Chi, meaning teeth, (top left) and the pictogram-glyph of Chuan, meaning to string together, (bottom left) placed alongside their corresponding North American petroglyphs (right side photos).
The ancient Chinese pictogram of Hui, meaning a completed journey (top left) and the Ancient Chinese symbol of Jiu, meaning a sacramental wine amphora(bottom left), each alongside of their corresponding (right side) North American petroglyphs.
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The ancient Chinese pictogram-glyphs of Lu (salt), at the above left, and the pictogram-glyph of Mu, meaning mother at the bottom left, placed alongside their corresponding North American petroglyphs (right side photos).
The ancient Chinese pictograms of Lei, meaning thunder, (top left) and She, meaning tongue, (bottom left) placed alongside their corresponding (right side) North American petroglyphs.
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Note: Comparative statistical analysis of the line strokes employed for writing each of the Chinese pictograms shown above, alongside their matching American petroglyphs, reveals that the likelihood for each of these petroglyphs to have been drawn separate from a knowledge of ancient Chinese, solely by chance, is in each instance less than one in a hundred (P < 0.01). Cumulatively, the combined probability for drawing all eight of these images apart from knowledge of ancient Chinese is less than one chance out of ten Quadrillion.
A fascinating desert tortoise
Petroglyph National Monument, New Mexico.
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Ancient Bronze era Chinese pictogram of a tortoise.
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This pictogram-glyph is currently being evaluated, and the results of this analysis have not yet been published. Note the parallel use of a centerline in each drawing. Curiously, the association of tortoise images with a specific compass direction, especially North, is an ancient practice widely employed by Asiatic populations and also by some Native Americans.
Three readable ancient Chinese scripts near Las Vegas, Nevada
Sloan Canyon, Nevada.
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Located on a single rock panel these three repatinated Chinese pictogram-glyphs are uniquely out of place in a canyon filled with Native American rock art imagery (ruler added for scale). Left to Right: Mu (wood); Chuan (string together);and Wang (necklace). |
Photo of the Albuquerque pictogram-glyphs
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Note the bright white color of the modern graffiti "TH" in the top left corner of this photograph vs. the darker hue of the repatinated glyphs on this readable panel of Chinese rock writing. |
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