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Asiatic Echoes, 2016
This text introduces previously overlooked and unrecognized ancient Chinese written evidence that... more This text introduces previously overlooked and unrecognized ancient Chinese written evidence that in pre-Columbian times multiple intellectual exchanges took place between Asiatic and North American populations. Here is the long sought sinographic proof that Asiatic explorers not only reached the Americas long before the first European voyagers, but that they interacted positively with Native North American people on multiple occasions over an extended period of time.
Pre-Columbiana, 2021
In this study a unique set of ancient Chinese petroglyphs located in the Mojave Desert of souther... more In this study a unique set of ancient Chinese petroglyphs located in the Mojave Desert of southern California is analyzed and deciphered as Chinese writing. Together, these images are interpretable as being an ancient astronomical message defining the monthly lunar cycle as the sum of three 10-day periods. Along with other evidence, epigraphic and statistical analysis of these images leads compellingly to the conclusion that literate Chinese individuals were present in western North America approximately 2,500 years ago, and that some of the three-ring concentric-circle rock art motifs found in the American Southwest – as well as around the world – may represent the set of three ten-day weeks employed in ancient times to describe a lunar month. Curiously, long ago both the Chinese and certain Native American groups embraced such a calendric system. Collectively, this set of archaic petroglyphs implies an early Chinese transpacific transfer of intellectual property.
Pre-Columbiana, 2017
This paper documents and offers translations for two sets of ancient, highly complex inscriptions... more This paper documents and offers translations for two sets of ancient, highly complex inscriptions readable as Chinese that were pecked into the rocks of Arizona and New Mexico an estimated 2,500 years ago. Here is what appears to be conclusive epigraphic evidence that Chinese explorers not only reached the Americas in pre-Columbian times but also interacted positively with Native populations, sharing both intellectual and cultural information.
This study assesses the relative contribution that the relational factors of the cubic conceptual... more This study assesses the relative contribution that the relational factors of the cubic conceptualization of the managerial role, posited by Stegar et al., make to the elementary school principal's influence with selected target populations.
Leaded gasoline has been used as fuel for trucks and automobiles in the United States since 1924;... more Leaded gasoline has been used as fuel for trucks and automobiles in the United States since 1924; it has been implicated as a source of lead that is deposited on the soil and eventually can be ingested by small children, contributing to their burden of this toxic metal. The lead content of 667 surface-soil samples (taken at depths of 0-5 cm) and 159 subsurface-soil samples (from depths of 25-30 cm) collected from Illinois play areas near roads was measured and related to traffic variables. The samples were collected between June and October of 1985, and their measured lead levels exceeded the average natural background level for Illinois soil. The highest lead concentrations were found in samples from the six-county metropolitan Chicago region, where both traffic volume and traffic density are higher than in the rest of the state. Regression analysis showed significant correlation of lead concentration in the top 5 cm of soil with three variables (traffic density, distance from the ...
Located above the Little Colorado River in east-central Arizona, a natural rock formation casts a... more Located above the Little Colorado River in east-central Arizona, a natural rock formation casts a dynamic shadow-line onto a panel of ancient rock art during the summer solstice. Two hours later a rock chimney allows a narrow beam of sunlight to pass through, forming a Sun Dagger that illuminates the petroglyphs beneath it in a dynamic manner, similar to the solar marker located upon Fajada Butte in Chaco Canyon. Although this solar marker is considerably older than the one on Fajada Butte, here in succession both the early morning shadow-line and Sun Dagger itself appear to emanate from the hand of an anthropomorphic figure, first bisecting a spiral and then, a few minutes later, an S-shaped image. Symbolically, the center-line of each of the three nearby Hooper Ranch Pueblo kivas aligns with this ancient Sun Dagger shrine. Significantly, recently a large effigy of Quetzalcoatl which was removed from the site prior to the Field Museum's 1961 excavation has been recovered.
Asiatic Echoes, 2016
This text introduces previously overlooked and unrecognized ancient Chinese written evidence that... more This text introduces previously overlooked and unrecognized ancient Chinese written evidence that in pre-Columbian times multiple intellectual exchanges took place between Asiatic and North American populations. Here is the long sought sinographic proof that Asiatic explorers not only reached the Americas long before the first European voyagers, but that they interacted positively with Native North American people on multiple occasions over an extended period of time.
Pre-Columbiana, 2021
In this study a unique set of ancient Chinese petroglyphs located in the Mojave Desert of souther... more In this study a unique set of ancient Chinese petroglyphs located in the Mojave Desert of southern California is analyzed and deciphered as Chinese writing. Together, these images are interpretable as being an ancient astronomical message defining the monthly lunar cycle as the sum of three 10-day periods. Along with other evidence, epigraphic and statistical analysis of these images leads compellingly to the conclusion that literate Chinese individuals were present in western North America approximately 2,500 years ago, and that some of the three-ring concentric-circle rock art motifs found in the American Southwest – as well as around the world – may represent the set of three ten-day weeks employed in ancient times to describe a lunar month. Curiously, long ago both the Chinese and certain Native American groups embraced such a calendric system. Collectively, this set of archaic petroglyphs implies an early Chinese transpacific transfer of intellectual property.
Pre-Columbiana, 2017
This paper documents and offers translations for two sets of ancient, highly complex inscriptions... more This paper documents and offers translations for two sets of ancient, highly complex inscriptions readable as Chinese that were pecked into the rocks of Arizona and New Mexico an estimated 2,500 years ago. Here is what appears to be conclusive epigraphic evidence that Chinese explorers not only reached the Americas in pre-Columbian times but also interacted positively with Native populations, sharing both intellectual and cultural information.
This study assesses the relative contribution that the relational factors of the cubic conceptual... more This study assesses the relative contribution that the relational factors of the cubic conceptualization of the managerial role, posited by Stegar et al., make to the elementary school principal's influence with selected target populations.
Leaded gasoline has been used as fuel for trucks and automobiles in the United States since 1924;... more Leaded gasoline has been used as fuel for trucks and automobiles in the United States since 1924; it has been implicated as a source of lead that is deposited on the soil and eventually can be ingested by small children, contributing to their burden of this toxic metal. The lead content of 667 surface-soil samples (taken at depths of 0-5 cm) and 159 subsurface-soil samples (from depths of 25-30 cm) collected from Illinois play areas near roads was measured and related to traffic variables. The samples were collected between June and October of 1985, and their measured lead levels exceeded the average natural background level for Illinois soil. The highest lead concentrations were found in samples from the six-county metropolitan Chicago region, where both traffic volume and traffic density are higher than in the rest of the state. Regression analysis showed significant correlation of lead concentration in the top 5 cm of soil with three variables (traffic density, distance from the ...
Located above the Little Colorado River in east-central Arizona, a natural rock formation casts a... more Located above the Little Colorado River in east-central Arizona, a natural rock formation casts a dynamic shadow-line onto a panel of ancient rock art during the summer solstice. Two hours later a rock chimney allows a narrow beam of sunlight to pass through, forming a Sun Dagger that illuminates the petroglyphs beneath it in a dynamic manner, similar to the solar marker located upon Fajada Butte in Chaco Canyon. Although this solar marker is considerably older than the one on Fajada Butte, here in succession both the early morning shadow-line and Sun Dagger itself appear to emanate from the hand of an anthropomorphic figure, first bisecting a spiral and then, a few minutes later, an S-shaped image. Symbolically, the center-line of each of the three nearby Hooper Ranch Pueblo kivas aligns with this ancient Sun Dagger shrine. Significantly, recently a large effigy of Quetzalcoatl which was removed from the site prior to the Field Museum's 1961 excavation has been recovered.