[KS] Ancient Asiatic Scripts in America - a research report

[Byington, Mark Edward]

Hello All,



Following up on my earlier response to John Ruskamp, I see that my predictions concerning reactions in Korea were realized even before I made them. Please see the news link below from Yonhap News:



http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2017/03/05/0200000000AKR20170305061900004.HTML



A Korean independent researcher based in Chicago (Yu Kwang-ŏn) has interpreted John Ruskamp’s work to indicate that the glyphs found in various sites in North America were made by people of Shang, who were Dongyi people, whom he claims to be the ancestors of modern Koreans (or at least closely associated with them). This represents two major fallacies, the first being that the Shang were Dongyi (they were not) and the second that the Dongyi of Shang-Zhou times were the same as the later Han-period Dongyi (they were not). The implication here is that the people who made these glyphs were ancient Koreans. Beyond this, according to Mr. Yu, they also were the founders of Olmec civilization.



I suspect we will be hearing more about this in the Korean press.



Best,



Mark Byington


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Subject: [KS] Ancient Asiatic Scripts in America - a research report


Greetings!


I recently joined and I find the discussions very informative.  Now I would like to share a short paper

detailing the presence of ancient Asiatic scripts written upon the rocks of Southwestern America with the members.

From the style of these script characters, the syntax of the messages, and the level of weathering upon them

a date of about 2500 YBP is most reasonable.  A copy of this research report attached to this email.


Please note the following quote from the larger research manuscript Asiatic Echoes - The Identification of Ancient

Chinese Pictograms in pre-Columbian North American Rock Writing, 3rd edition to which this paper is the first supplemental report.

"While a number of authors have provided secondary evidence for early pre-Columbian visits by the Chinese to the Americas, it is equally possible that other Asiatic populations, such as the Japanese, Koreans, and Vietnamese, who employ styles of writing derived from Chinese script, were responsible for at least some of these cultural exchanges."

This is my first attempt to post an item to the site. Any help you may be able to provide will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!
John A. Ruskamp, Ed.D., M.B.A.
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