Pre-Columbian Transoceanic Contact
"Claims of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact relate to visits to, the discovery of or interaction with the Americas and/or indigenous peoples of the Americas by people from Africa, Asia, Europe, or Oceania prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Caribbean in 1492.
Two classical cases of pre-Columbian contact have widespread support amongst the scientific and scholarly mainstream. There is considerable evidence in support of successful explorations which led to Norse settlement of Greenland and the L'Anse aux Meadows settlement in Newfoundland some 500 years prior to Columbus.
The scientific and scholarly responses to other pre-Columbian contact claims have varied. Some such contact claims are examined in reputable peer-reviewed sources, while other contact claims—based on circumstantial and ambiguous interpretations of archaeological finds, cultural comparisons, comments in historical documents, and narrative accounts—have been dismissed as fringe science or pseudoarcheology."
Two classical cases of pre-Columbian contact have widespread support amongst the scientific and scholarly mainstream. There is considerable evidence in support of successful explorations which led to Norse settlement of Greenland and the L'Anse aux Meadows settlement in Newfoundland some 500 years prior to Columbus.
The scientific and scholarly responses to other pre-Columbian contact claims have varied. Some such contact claims are examined in reputable peer-reviewed sources, while other contact claims—based on circumstantial and ambiguous interpretations of archaeological finds, cultural comparisons, comments in historical documents, and narrative accounts—have been dismissed as fringe science or pseudoarcheology."
- Text from Wikipedia entry for "Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact theories" (accessed 11/10/2015) [links added]
Blog Posts and Articles
- "Did Richard Thornton Find "Lost" Proof of Europeans in the American South Before Columbus?" (Jason Colavito, 2/23/2016)
- "A Victorian View on the Alleged Trans-Pacific Hamitic Colonization of Mexico" (Jason Colavito, 4/13/2016)
- "Were Two Ancient Greek Swords Unearthed in Uruguay in the Early 1800s?" (Jason Colavito, 2/4/2016)
- "Hyperborean Hyperbole: Atlantis Theorist Alleges That Greeks Reached America via the Arctic" (Jason Colavito, 1/30/2016)
- "Who Discovered the New World?" (Brian Dunning, 11/5/2013)
- "Faking Pre-Columbian Artifacts in Victorian America" (Jason Colavito, 2/8/2013)
- "Old World People in the New World Before Columbus?" (Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews, 9/22/2012)
Artifacts and Sites
- Bat Creek Stone
- Beardmore Relics
- Burrows Cave
- Crespi Artifacts
- Duluth Stone
- Grand Canyon
- Grave Creek Stone
- Heavener Rune Stone
- Kensington Rune Stone
- Kinderhook Plates
- Los Lunas Inscription
- Metcalf Stone
- Mystery Hill
- Narragansett Rune Stone
- New England Stone Structures
- Newark Holy Stones
- Newberry Tablet
- Newport Tower
- Oklahoma Bull Carving
- Paraiba Stone
- Piri Re'is Map
- Roman Sword from Nova Scotia
- Saker Farm Giant
- Tucson Artifacts
- Viking Mooring Stones
- Vinland Map
- Waubansee Stone
Related Topics
Other Online Media
- "Old World Writing in the New World" (Archy Fantasies podcast, Episode 18, 8/17/2015)
Media
- America Unearthed (TV program)
