Craig Paxton Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 (edited) Interesting discovery found in Georgia...Maya evidently migrated to North America after the collapse of their society about 900 BCE. http://www.examiner.com/architecture-design-in-national/massive-1-100-year-old-maya-site-discovered-georgia-s-mountainsThis has no connection to Book of Mormon truth claims (I'll let you all put it in perspective) but I know that many here are interested in archeology and thought you'd like to read the article.Cheers Edited December 23, 2011 by Craig Paxton
juliann Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 Hmm, the archaeologist he is quoting commented on the article.... and used the word "bunk". 1
mfbukowski Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 Some of the comments from archaeologists mentioned in the article call this "bunk"
Calm Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 (edited) Having read some other stories on the site, will wait for a more academically oriented source to discuss this.So far it appears that all the online chatter originates from this site. Edited December 23, 2011 by calmoriah
Kenngo1969 Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 (edited) Deleted for snark ... Edited December 23, 2011 by Kenngo1969
KevinG Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 Interesting - I will have to hike up there. I've dragged more than a few Boy Scouts up Brasstown Bald and almost-neighboring Blood Mountain.
Duncan Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 Interesting - I will have to hike up there. I've dragged more than a few Boy Scouts up Brasstown Bald and almost-neighboring Blood Mountain.hike? boy scouts? that's why you lost your hockey team! Blood Mountain on the other hand...
KevinG Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 hike? boy scouts? that's why you lost your hockey team! Blood Mountain on the other hand...Well - it is hard to get a good lather up over hockey in Atlanta. I enjoyed the billboard our previous pro-Hockey team (the Knights) used. "Watch our Yankees beat their Yankees". 1
maklelan Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 The reason for the author's investment in the particular position he presents is pretty obvious:There is absolutely no doubt whatsoever of a Maya presence in Georgia. He is typing on this computer right now. Like most Georgia and South Carolina Creeks, I carry a trace of Maya DNA.
livy111us Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 This is a topic that has greatly interested me for a while and I have spent a lot of time looking into it. I don't think this article is all that convincing, but there are actually evidences that the Maya strongly influenced cultures in North America all the way to the Great Lakes. I plan on putting it together one day in a paper but who knows when.
Craig Paxton Posted December 23, 2011 Author Posted December 23, 2011 (edited) Here's a post from lead archeologist, Mark William's, Facebook page....seems like the author of the article added 2+2 and got 5 and drew conclusions NOT supported by the evidence. I could go on about people in general (no specific subject in mind) ignoring evidence or drawing conclusions from limited evidence and making conclusions not supported by that evidence…but I’ll hold my tongue. Guess its human nature to see more in some things than is really there..."One more comment. Science is not performed by wild discussions on Facebook or "the Examiner". The idea by the author is interesting--just like the one that the mounds were made by Martians. There simply is no evidence in the ground that supports the idea, however, of anything in the Southeast being actually associated with the Maya. Period. Do you think the Mays invented moving dirt? If you are more interested now in Georgia archaeology, great. The information we do know is fascinating without having to resort to pseudo science. I have been a learner for 50 years and hope to keep doing so much longer. Everyone calm down and have a great holiday.Mark Williams, Director of the University of Georgia Laboratory of Archaeology" Edited December 23, 2011 by Craig Paxton
volgadon Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 Here's a post from lead archeologist, Mark William's, Facebook page....seems like the author of the article added 2+2 and got 5 and drew conclusions NOT supported by the evidence. I could go on about people in general (no specific subject in mind) ignoring evidence or drawing conclusions from limited evidence and making conclusions not supported by that evidence…but I’ll hold my tongue. Guess its human nature to see more in some things than is really there..."One more comment. Science is not performed by wild discussions on Facebook or "the Examiner". The idea by the author is interesting--just like the one that the mounds were made by Martians. There simply is no evidence in the ground that supports the idea, however, of anything in the Southeast being actually associated with the Maya. Period. Do you think the Mays invented moving dirt? If you are more interested now in Georgia archaeology, great. The information we do know is fascinating without having to resort to pseudo science. I have been a learner for 50 years and hope to keep doing so much longer. Everyone calm down and have a great holiday.Mark Williams, Director of the University of Georgia Laboratory of Archaeology"Right, am I the only one who though from the get-go that this was some sort of "gotcha"?This has no connection to Book of Mormon truth claims (I'll let you all put it in perspective) but I know that many here are interested in archeology and thought you'd like to read the article.
Craig Paxton Posted December 23, 2011 Author Posted December 23, 2011 Right, am I the only one who though from the get-go that this was some sort of "gotcha"?I'm NOT that smart... 1
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