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[QUOTE]Originally posted by supercar: [QB] XicanConnection, can you explain how the [b]Ancient Americans came to know about elephants that they have never seen. Explain how, various letters of Olmec script closely ressemble those found on the Proto-Saharan artifacts![/b] If you convincingly answer all this, then you may be onto something. If however, you come to the conclusion that they must have got their ideas from Asians, then it follows that it is possible some Africans found their way to America. Some of the photos of Olmec sculptures I have used as reference on this thread earlier, show people with Afro hair. Do present decendants have Afro style hair? You also have to look at some sculptures with marks on their faces, do modern day decendants of Olmecs have those facial markings? But hey, we cannot simply jump to conclusions with such sculptures. Try and answer the first two questions about Olmec sculpture, and from there we will be getting somewhere. I mentioned this in a previous post, because it is something people tend to overlook. So here goes again! Here is what I found on the web: Reference to Johannessen, Carl L. Professor Emeritus of Geography, University of Oregon, field research in Latin America and Asia, crops plants and Chicken. "The Idea of Elephants Diffused Early to the Americas: Elephant images are found in sculpturess and in writings in Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and Guatemala. The oldest elephant head was sculptured on top of a human form during the age of the Olmec culture and found in the Huasteca of Mexico, who speak a Mayan language. The most complete elephant shape is from the Honduran archeological ruin at Copan in Stela B. The elephant's trunk is part of the Rain God Chac (in Mayan) and Tlaloc (in Nahuatle) in Belize. It is found in major concentrations as part of the face of the Rain God in the Puuc region of Yucatan, where they really did need the rains. The trunk curves or recurves in various ways that are elephantine and not of a Macaw as has been sometimes claimed. The Codex shows an elephant, trunk upraised, spouting water that falls as rain for the maize crop." We've already talked about the elephant sculpture found in the museum, where other Olmec artifacts are kept. [This message has been edited by supercar (edited 19 July 2004).] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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