Yuri Kuchinsky wrote:

Seppo Renfors wrote:

Yuri Kuchinsky wrote:

Greetings, all,

Here's some interesting info about the ancient Andean-Mexican seagoing
trade, bringing into focus especially the importance of metalwork for
tracing these cultural links.

All the best,

Yuri.

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ANCIENT MARINERS: Strong evidence of Andean-Mexican seagoing trade as
early as 600 A.D. by David L. Chandler

The Boston Globe, August 14, 1995. Pp. 25-27.

Archeologists studying the ancients empires of Central and South
America have long noticed similarities in some pottery designs and
food crops and wondered whether mariners from the Andean coast traded
with their counterparts 2,000 miles to the north. Now, an MIT
researcher says she has strong evidence they did.

[snip]

Hmmmm perhaps this might do instead?

http://www.rocklakeresearch.com/history.htm

Let's see what we find there, Seppo.

"THE LOST PYRAMIDS OF ROCK LAKE"

"The group acquires through personal funds a 28ft. research
vessel the - R.V. TYRANENA to facilitate in the quest. ...
Aerial photography captured many new features in the water
and on land. ... acquires RV Tyranena II ..."

Hmm... these folks have got ships, planes, looking for some
underwater pyramids in a Wisconsin lake...

I think they should launch their own submarine next --
that'll find them pyramids in no time!

Nothing wrong with that. Here we had a plane fly over for weeks in a
grid pattern, searching for minerals underground! They have already
used sonar and video. Sonar is a fairly common tool for underwater
research - side scan sonar is fairly sophisticated.

2002
"RLRS as team does more sonar side scan work to recapture correct
DGPS (Differential GPS) readings that were faulty due to satellite
equipment linkup problems on some targets. Additional underwater video
work may resume with ROV & Divers later on in the year for Rock Lake
video documentary."

I have heard about ancient trade routs down to Mexico having existed
some time ago from elsewhere. If so, then what is there to prevent
copper having been traded along the trade routs too? If it did go down
to South America where extensive trade networks did exist, then the
"missing copper" may have a partial answer at least.

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