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Post by Lone4eagle on Feb 18, 2012 15:09:05 GMT -6
"Some of Thornton's conclusions about the Mayan connection to the southern U.S., he said, are based on oral history. There are place names in Georgia and North Carolina, he said, that are very similar to Mayan words. (Words like "mako" and "Kukulkan," he said, are of Mayan origin, and will be recognized by scholars of Mayan history.) The ruins near Brasstown Bald, he said, also include mounds and irrigation terraces similar to those found at Mayan settlements in Central America."News story link: gma.yahoo.com/mayan-ruins-georgia-archeologist-objects-222330576--abc-news.htmlHere is a UK news link about the story, with much more info. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2082720/Richard-Thornton-rock-terraces-near-mountain-Mayans-fled-falling-civilisation-Georgia.html"Historian and author Richard Thornton believes a 1,100-year-old archaeological site shows that peasants fled Central America and ended up in the North Georgian mountains near Blairsville.
His astonishing theory is based on the discovery of 300 to 500 rock terraces and mounds on the side of Brasstown Bald mountain that date to 800AD - around the time the Mayans began to die out."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2012 6:09:11 GMT -6
Very interesting read! Makes a debatable subject on whether the rock terraces and mounds were built by the Mayans or Cherokees! People do travel/relocate from place to place, who's to say whether or not Mayans didn't move around the U.S..
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Post by Lone4eagle on Feb 22, 2012 17:24:39 GMT -6
A page which shows a photo of the "Calendar Stone" with some info about it. chickamauga-cherokee.com/manataka.html "The southern-most cave, nearest the surface of the ground, once held the Manataka Stone, or Calendar Stone brought by the Great Mayan people."
I couldn't get the site links at the top to work, but this must be the website. The links on text do, which are for Manataka. Chickamauga Indian Confederacy chickamauga-cherokee.com/Their new home page with links that work. chickamauga-cherokee.com/home.htmlHere is a print screen of the web page, so you can preview the web page before going there.
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