Subject: Re: Ancient China
From: rbp233@primenet.com (Randolph Parrish)
Date: 27 Oct 1996 11:42:05 -0700
What struck me was the remarkable resemblance to Latin American
>finds, especially in the use of jade and the sculptures. A connection seems likely since
>it is widely assumed that native Americans and hence (I presume) native latin Americans
>came form Asia. Is this a common view?
Many scholars have noticed this and also agree. Also,
linguistically, there are probably many more connections than have
been realized (or studied).For example, 'Petaluma' is the name of a
town in California. It means, 'flat table' in a local Indian dialect,
and refers to a flat-topped mountain in the region. The same word,
'petaluma', also occurs in the language of a Siberian tribe, for 'flat
table'. Many other link-words were also found for that tribe and its
related languages. Since many/most Native American languages are
related to one of three major groups, there is probably much more work
to be done in this field.