Posted on 12/24/2012 8:48:15 PM PST by Theoria
Why not? AMericans has established outposts a hell of a lot further away than that.
What do you think they will look like in 700 years.
My ancestors are from Europe. They migrated to the Americas. Nobody asked them to come here.
Turns out people always have and always will migrate.
Any civilization generally spreads out from a center, with evidence of its presence stronger the closer to that center.
This means that one would expect strong evidence of Mayan presence in the Caribbean, Florida and south Georgia, which AFAIK does not exist, not an isolated presence in north Georgia.
It’s not like they had the option of establishing free-standing colonies supported by air, like ours in Afghanistan and Central Asia.
I’ve read similar accounts of Viking presence in Minnesota or Alberta, with no particular explanation of why they would have bypassed other lands between. When the later Euro settlers of history showed up, it took them centuries to reach these areas.
The Stephen Lekson rules......
Everybody knew everything
Distance was not a problem
There is no coincedence
I would think they didn’t necessarily bypass the lands in between. We’re just stuck with the few places where some evidence has been found. In this case, it seems completely reasonable that Mayans might have travelled all over the Caribbean area and pushed up the coast. I suspect that wide travel and trade was wider and earlier than has often been assumed.
They only found dirty Mayans in Georgia!
I have no problem with extensive trade, but if the Mayans were to establish settlements in North Georgia, why are the not identifiable Mayan ruins near Mobile, Pensacola and Miami?
I would think these are the ruins of the precursor tribes to the Cherokee, Creek and other tribes of Southern US.
Higher quality? when did they ever have shows likeEureka or Stargate? Lower quality than E! Wich at least has The Soup.
Higher quality? when did they ever have shows likeEureka or Stargate? Lower quality than E! Wich at least has The Soup.
Higher quality? when did they ever have shows likeEureka or Stargate? Lower quality than E! Wich at least has The Soup.
Thing is, there is evidence the Creek migrateed from central America and western Mexico.
The ruins I have stumbled across were near major rivers, the major “highways” of early inhabitants in this country.
We do not see evidence of early settlements in this country very often, mainly because virtually no one leaves the interstates when travelling.
Here are just a couple links that are likely just modern names for ancient peoples.
http://lostworlds.org/ocmulgee_mounds/
http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/kolomoki1.html
Nope. Ain’t wrong. The people of Tonga were not allowed into the Priesthood until 1978 and they are called Lamaminites by many LDS.
A term of derision and bigotry.
bottom line is that the DNA shows them to ultimately be siberian based - and not Jewish.
1.) Topographical data taken from an aerial survey tends to suggest the presence of temple mounds identical to those found in Mayan cities. This was interesting, but not very convincing, one way or the other.
2.) Several artifacts were shown that were found in the same region of the suspected temple mounds that appear to have Mayan iconography. The match in styles was very striking, but the provenance of the artifacts was unknown.
3.) Linguistic similarities between Mayan and the local Cree tongue, including the names that several tribes called themselves seemed to be derived from classical Maya. This was interesting, but, again, not pursued in much depth.
4.) The Mayans used great quantities of a pigment known as "Mayan Blue", yet no source of the clay upon which it was based has been found in Mexico, aside from a few small deposits. However, the clay used for Mayan Blue turns out to be commonplace in the area of Georgia where the suspected temple mounds are located. An x-ray spectrograph done on a known sample of Myan Blue from Mexico showed that the clay used to make it carried the identical chemical signatiure of the Georgia clay.
In the end, it was interesting and not a completely lunatic suggestion, but not terribly well developed, but then what could you expect.
Nohhhhh!?!?!
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Merry Christmas
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There was a lot of merchandise moving back and forth across very long distances in the pre-Columbian eras. If there was something the Mayans wanted here in Georgia, there is every chance the Mayans, or some representatives of their culture, came here.
Depends on what you consider evidence. The have found turquoise from Arizona in Central American digs.
A term of derision and bigotry.
Yes, you are STILL wrong. I know Tongans who held the LDS Priesthood in 1968 (and obviously long before that), and Samoans, and Hawaiians. It is you who are the bigot.
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