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Who Discovered America? : The Untold History of the Peopling of the Americas (9780062236777)

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by Menzies, Gavin; Hudson, Ian

Chincoteague, 192, 193

  European, 193

  and Kashgar (China) horse market, 27

  Native Americans and, 192–93

  of Nez Percé Indians, 232

  in North Carolina, 192–93

  on Pacific Coast of North America, 232

  Tajikistan, 193

  in Virginia, 192, 193

  of Windover Bog people, 241

  Horton, W. B., 234

  Howard, Robert West, 193

  Huaca 1 pyramid (Peru), 141

  Huaca Balsas pyramid (Peru), 141

  Huaca China (Peru), 150–51

  Huaca de la Luna. See Pyramid of the Moon (Peru)

  Huaca del Sol. See Pyramid of the Sun (Peru)

  Huaca Larga pyramid (Peru), 141

  Huana Capac (Inca leader), 178

  Huang, Qin Shi. See Qin (emperor of China)

  Huangdi (emperor of China), 56

  Huarache, Claudio, 150

  Hudson Bay: Marco Polo’s voyage to, 160–61

  Hudson, Henry, 160

  Hudson, Ian, 6, 73, 173, 189, 192, 228

  Hui peoples (Yunnan Province), 175

  Hulegu Khan, 157

  Human Genome Project, 71, 247

  Humboldt, Alexander von, 33–34

  Humboldt Current, 138, 139, 142, 145, 176

  Humboldt State University: and Menzies’s talk about Zheng He’s map of 1418 at Xian, 33–34

  Hunan Province (China): genetics and, 82

  Ibn Battuta (Moroccan/Berber explorer), 162–63

  Iliad (Homer), 43

  In Xanadu (Dalrymple), 27

  Inca civilization (Ecuador)

  Chan Chan and, 147

  conquest of Chincha by, 178, 180

  conquest of Lambayeque Valley by, 141

  genetics/DNA and, 70, 84, 145–46, 176

  language and, 179

  Paracas and, 177, 178, 179

  India: age of civilization in, 176

  Institute for Archaeological Studies (Portland, Oregon), 227

  Inuit/Eskimo people, 18, 75

  See also Alaska/Alaskans

  Iran: and Menzies’s trip (1978) on Silk Road, 22

  iron/Iron Age, 48, 213

  irrigation systems: in Peru, 148

  The Island of Seven Cities (Chiasson), 212

  Israel: indigenous people of Americas as descendants of tribes of, 67

  Istanbul

  and Menzies’s trip (1978) on Silk Road, 22

  and Menzies’s trip to Anatolia and Crete, 43

  Italy: Chinese voyages to, 1–2

  Izmir (Anatolia): and Menzies’s trip to Anatolia and Crete, 47

  Jacobs, James, 132

  jade

  ceremonial use of, 88

  at Mayan burial sites, 94

  Olmec civilization and, 107, 109, 111, 112, 121

  at Teotihuacan, 124

  at Tikal, 93–94, 119

  jaguars/tigers, worship of

  and Chinese and Asian influence in Central and South America, 98–99, 100

  Monte Alban art and, 122

  Olmec civilization and, 108, 111

  and Olmec influence on Mayans, 108

  on pyramids in Peru, 142

  James Ford Bell Library (Minneapolis): Pizzigano’s 1424 chart at, 165–66

  James I of Aragon, 162, 163

  Japan/Japanese

  and beginning of Chinese-Asian voyages to Americas, 247

  Chinese immigrants in, 62

  Chinese shipwrecks near, 155–58

  genetics and, 74, 77–78, 224, 233

  Heian period in, 234

  Kublai Khan’s attempted invasions of, 155–58

  language of, 233

  maps of, 167, 168

  and Marco Polo’s account of fleet commissioned by Kublai Khan, 155–57

  Menzies’s trip to, 77–78

  sea route from China to, 62

  Zuni and, 233

  Jeremy, Josiah, 220

  Jesuits, 177, 221

  Jiangsu Province (China): ship building in, 56

  Jiayuguan (China)

  as end of Great Wall, 25, 30

  as end of Silk Road, 30, 31

  and Menzies’ Silk Road expedition, 23, 25–26, 30

  Jing (emperor of China): mausoleum of, 130

  Jing, Shan Hai, 171

  Jingdezhen (China), pottery of, 203, 204

  Jizi (Chinese Prince), 56

  Johannessen, Carl, 5, 34–38, 39–40, 97

  John of Portugal (king), 194

  Joseph, Antone, 80

  Juanita (Virgin of the Sun): genetics of, 146, 180

  Jucutacato: Asian influence on shroud at, 119

  Julio C. Tello Museum (Paracas), 177

  Jungle Lodge (Tikal): Menzies’s stay at, 92, 95

  Justenson, John, 134

  Kamal, Yousuf, 167

  Kanesh. See Kultepe (Kanesh)

  Kangaroo Island (Australia): pigs on, 82–83

  Kangnido (Zhu Di map), 77–78, 158, 162, 163

  Karain Cave (Anatolia), 47

  Karpathos (Greece): and navigation between Crete and Anatolia, 48, 49, 53

  Kashgar (China)

  as end of Chinese railway system, 28

  and Menzies’s Silk Road expedition, 23, 27

  and Mongol attacks on Silk Road, 25, 26

  Kayseri (Turkey): archaeological museum at, 50–51

  Kim, Kyu-Il, 82–83

  Kluscap (great lord): Mi’kmaq tribe and, 212, 216, 221

  Kochab (star): and alignment of pyramids, 127, 129–30, 132

  Korea: and beginning of Chinese-Asian voyages to Americas, 247

  Korfmann, Manfred, 45–46

  Kuangchow Historical Museum, ship model in, 62

  Kublai Khan

  fleets of, 4, 148, 151, 155–58, 159, 161–62, 163, 171–72

  maps of, 171–72, 247

  Kukulkan pyramid (Chichen Itza), 125

  Kultepe (Kanesh)

  archaelogical sites at, 43

  as Hittite capital, 50

  mines at, 51, 52, 53

  Kyrgyzstan: and Menzies’s Silk Road expedition, 28

  Kyushu Okinawa Society for Underwater Archaeology, 156

  La Democracia (Guatemala), 88, 107, 108, 137

  La Venta (Mexico)

  age of, 91, 101, 121, 128

  architecture at, 102

  ball court at, 108

  engraved writings at, 109–13, 135

  figurines at, 107

  as first Olmec capital, 121

  food at, 121

  heads at, 107

  influence on Mayans of, 107, 108

  Menzies’s trip to, 91, 92, 100–102

  oil fields at, 101

  as Olmec site, 91, 100–102, 120

  plan/layout of, 106–7

  pyramids at, 91, 102, 107, 120, 121, 127, 128, 129

  site of, 121

  trade and, 108

  Labrador Current, 161, 192, 215

  Labrang Lamasery (Xiahe, China), 25

  Lambayeque Valley (Peru), 140–41

  Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 228

  land bridge. See Bering Strait/Bering Strait crossing

  language

  of Apache Indians, 234–35

  of Cherokee indians, 202, 204

  of Chile, 138, 150–51

  of Chincha, 179

  development of ships and, 62

  of Ecuador, 145–46

  of Inca civilization, 179

  of Japanese, 233

  of Mi’kmaq, 220–21

  and Pacific Coast of North America, 226

  in Paracas, 178, 179

  of Peru, 138, 143–45

  and studies of plants in Americas, 35, 36

  of Tartar Chinese, 234–35

  of Zuni people, 233

  Lanzhou (China): and Menzies’s Silk Road expedition, 23

  latitude

  Chinese knowledge about, 171

  world maps and, 169

  Zheng He’s fleets
and, 180, 202

  Lee, Hwa-Wei, 170, 197

  Lee, Siu-Leung, 5, 200, 201–2, 203, 204, 228

  Leon-Sarmiento, Fidias E., 74

  Leonard, R. Cedric, 244

  Li F, 61

  Library of Congress

  maps at, 158–60, 168–69, 170, 171, 197

  Zheng He Symposium (2005) at, 72, 135, 170, 212

  Lima, Manuela, 81

  Liu Gang, 171–74, 175, 177, 178, 183–84

  llamas, 149

  Loker, Alec, 209

  longitude

  calculation of, 53

  Chinese knowledge about, 171–72

  world maps and, 169

  Zheng He’s fleets and, 180

  Lorenz, Joseph, 239, 240

  Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormom Church (Southerton), 67

  Lost Cities (Bahn), 148–49

  lost civilizations

  destruction of records about, 89–90

  difficulties in searching for, 89–90

  Menzies’s search for, 89–103

  See also specific civilization

  The Lost Empire of Atlantis (Menzies), 5, 6, 49, 57, 59, 239, 246

  Lu Xun (Chinese general), 61

  Lyco Ming tribe (Virginia and North Carolina), 186

  Ma Rong (Chinese poet), 62

  Ma Yuan (Chinese general), 61

  Macedo, Justo Caceres, 179

  Macedonia: Neolithic population in, 42

  Machado-Joseph disease, 80–81, 185–86

  Machado, William, 80

  Macqueen, J. G., 43, 49–50

  Magellan, Ferdinand: maps/charts and, 166, 169, 170

  magnetic anomaly analysis, 218

  Maitreya statue (Xiahe, China), 25

  Mao Zedong, 174

  Maori people (New Zealand): genetics and, 75–76

  map of 1418, Zheng He’s

  Antarctica and, 161–62

  Australia and, 180–81

  controversy about, 165

  drawing of, 180–81

  horses and, 192

  importance of, 4–5, 33

  Kublai Khan fleet’s maps as influence on, 161–62, 163

  Liu Gang’s 1763 copy of, 165, 172–77, 178, 183–84

  as map of Zheng He’s travels, 1

  Menzies’s interest in, 165

  Menzies’s Xian talk (2006) about, 33–34

  Ming medallion and, 198

  as model for European mapmakers, 33

  North America and, 183–89

  North Carolina and, 191, 192

  and peak of Chinese voyages to Americas, 247

  and plants and animals in Americas, 34

  publication of discovery of, 3

  reliability and authenticity of, 33, 165

  South America and, 151, 180

  Virginia and, 184, 208

  “Map with Ship” (Rossi Collection), 159–60

  map(s)/chart(s)

  in British Library, 166

  of Cape Breton Island, 216

  of Chu Ssu-Pen, 162

  dating of, 173–74

  Di Virga, 167–68, 170, 171, 172–73

  of Diogo Ribeiro, 149, 176–77

  in Doge’s Palace in Venice, 163

  drawing of, 180–81

  Franciscan Map of America, 158

  Harris collection of, 5, 171, 196–98

  Harris Rees studies of, 196–98

  Kangnido, 77–78, 158, 162, 163

  Kublai Khan’s fleet, 155–58, 159, 161–62, 163, 171, 247

  at Library of Congress, 158–60, 168–69, 170, 171, 197

  and Marco Polo’s voyages to North America, 158–60

  Mercator, 160, 161

  Ming, 172

  Nova Cataia and, 219–20

  Ortelius, 225–26

  of Pacific Coast of North America, 163, 166, 169–70, 224–26

  Pantect, 159

  and peak of Chinese explorations, 247

  of Peru, 176

  Piri Reis, 166

  Pizzigano’s 1424, 165–66

  Portuguese, 166, 168

  and pre-European voyages of explorations, 167

  and Rossi Collection “Map with Ship,” 159–60

  Shan Hai Jing and, 171, 196

  Waldseemüller, 166, 168–70, 171, 173, 224

  Zatta, 224–25

  Marco Polo’s Daughters (Thompson), 158–59

  Mariner’s Museum (Newport News, Virginia): Ortelius map at, 226

  maritime skills, Chinese

  compared with other civilizations, 55–62

  impact on Renaissance of, 1–2

  and Johannessen and Sorenson plant studies, 36–37

  Minoans compared with, 53

  as supplement to land trade routes, 19

  maritime skills, European, 41–53

  Masanori, Aoki, 78

  mask, Chinese wooden: as Alaskan relic, 226–27

  massage: comparison of Mayan and Chinese, 116

  mathematics

  and Chinese and Asian influence in Central and South America, 91

  Olmec civilization and, 102, 108

  and Olmec influence on Mayans, 108

  See also numbers

  Mato Indians: genetics and, 81–82

  mausoleums

  importance of Chinese, 131

  See also specific mausoleum

  Mayan civilization

  age of, 89

  art of, 88, 90, 92, 108, 110–12

  astronomy and, 88–89, 120, 132–36

  Catherwood’s study of, 105

  Chinese influence on, 110–12

  and Cholula pottery, 123

  collapse/end of, 93, 125

  destruction of records about, 89–90, 132

  food of, 95–96, 97, 100

  funeral customs in, 98

  genetics and, 68, 70, 72

  influence on other civilizations of, 90, 120, 121

  jaguar in, 108

  mathematics/numbers and, 90, 108, 133

  medicine of, 94–95, 112–18

  Olmec influence on, 89, 105, 107–8, 121

  plants/trees and, 92, 93

  political structure of, 107–8

  pyramids of, 90, 91, 118, 119, 120, 125–27, 128

  religious practices of, 98–99, 100

  town planning and, 119

  trade and, 108

  See also Chichen Itza; Palenque; San Cristóbal de las Casas; Tikal

  Mazatec civilization

  jaguar in, 108

  Olmec influence on, 105, 108

  medallion, Ming, 5, 198–202

  medicine/medications

  acupuncture and, 88, 117, 118

  chi in, 113, 114

  comparison of Mayan and Chinese, 112–18

  genetics and, 71

  massage and, 116

  Mayan, 94–95

  in Peru, 150

  plasters and poultices in, 117

  points and meridians in, 114–16

  tuch and tipte in, 113–14

  yin and yang in, 113, 114, 116

  See also herbs

  Mediterranean Ocean

  ancient cities near, 46–50

  disintegration of civilizations near, 246

  Kublai Khan’s fleet in, 162

  trade between China and countries around, 162–63

  trade routes in, 45

  Meistrell, Bill, 228

  Meistrell, Bob, 228–29

  Mellor, Carol, 28

  Melungeon Indians (Virginia and North Carolina), 80, 185, 186

  Mendez, Alonso, 134

  Mendocino Point, California: anchor found near, 230

  Menéndez de Avilés, Pedro, 206

  Menominee Indians, 192–93

  Menzies, Marcella

  Anatolia-Crete trip of, 6, 43–53

  birthday celebration for, 27

  Central and South America trip (2008) of, 5

  and Liu Gang’s 1763 map, 173

  Mexico and Guatemala trip of, 89, 91–100

  Peru trip (
2006) of, 176, 177, 178

  Silk Road trips (1978, 2001) of, 22–30

  South America trip (1997) of, 139

  Menzies, Samantha, 15, 16, 19

  Mercator, Gerardus, 160, 161

  Mérida (Yucatan), 90

  Mersin (Turkey): archaelogical sites at, 43, 52

  Mesopotamia

  age of civilization in, 176

  merchant colonies in, 51

  metals/metal products

  Anatolian, 49, 50–51

  in Chan Chan (Peru), 148

  See also specific metal

  Mexico

  Chinese and Asian influence in, 87, 136

  flourishing of ancient, 102–3

  Menzies’s trip to, 5, 89, 90–91, 100–102, 122

  number of pyramids in, 120

  Olmec influence in, 105

  sunset closing of archaeological sites in, 126–27

  See also specific site or civilization

  Middle East

  plants indigenous to Americas in, 60

  See also specific nation or civilization

  Miguel (Teotihuacan guide), 123

  Mi’kmaq tribe (Cape Breton Island), 212, 216, 220–22

  military, Russian: Casey expedition and, 16

  Ming dynasty, 172, 174, 175, 197, 200, 201, 202, 204

  Ming Ho people (Atlantic Coast of North America), 80

  Ming medallion, 5, 198–202, 203

  Mingo tribe (Virginia and North Carolina), 80, 185–86

  mining

  at Bogazkoy, 51

  at Derekutugun (Turkey), 51

  near Great Lakes, 246

  at Kultepe (Kanesh), 51, 52, 53

  at Nova Cataia, 213–14, 217, 218

  mining party, Chinese: Cherokee massacre of, 188–89, 196

  Minoan civilization

  age of, 89, 176

  artifacts of, 48

  birth of, 42

  as Bronze Age civilization, 52, 53

  Chinese compared with, 53

  collapse/end of, 5, 53, 60–61, 246

  copper and, 49, 52–53

  genetics and, 240

  and Great Lakes, 246

  inheritance of, 51–53

  Karpathos and, 49

  Menzies’s interest in, 6

  and Minoans as seafarers, 4, 6, 41, 51, 53, 57, 58–61

  shipping and commerce of, 58–61

  ships of, 57, 58–59

  and Thera volcanic eruption, 5, 53, 60–61, 246

  tin and, 52–53

  See also Crete

  Mississippi River, 184, 206

  Mitla peoples (Mexico): Olmec influence on, 108

  Mixtec people (Mexico), 90

  Moche People (Peru), 141–42, 149

  Molina, Cristóbal de, 150

  Mongolia: genetics and, 76, 98

  “Mongolian spot,” 98

  Monte Albán (Oaxaca)

  age of, 122, 123, 128

  art at, 122

  Chinese and Asian evidence at, 88, 135

  Chinese influence on, 119

  and development of civilizations in Central America, 120

  Menzies’s trip to, 91, 122

  Olmec influence on, 107, 108

  pottery at, 122

  pyramids at, 122, 128, 130

 

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