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Ancient Chihuahuas in Southeastern U.S.?

February 14, 2012February 15, 2012 Gary C. Daniels Creek Migration Legend, dogs, Georgia, Georgia Mississippian Period, Long Distance Trade, Native American dogs, West Mexico

Do three dog effigy pots excavated in Georgia in the 1930s at the Bull Creek Site and one from

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Mayan Words Among Georgia’s Indians?

January 3, 2012March 19, 2012 Gary C. Daniels America-Mexico Connection, Florida, Georgia, Hitchiti, Linguistics

Mayan Words in Hitchiti-Creek Language Suggest Ancient Connection The Hitchiti language, one of many languages spoken by Creek Indians, was

View of the Forsyth petroglyph at the University of Georgia

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Forsyth Petroglyph Reveals Comet Impact?

April 12, 2011August 28, 2012 Gary C. Daniels 1 Comment astronomy, Georgia, Georgia Woodland Period, impact event, petroglyphs, rock art, Weedon Island Culture

Designs on the Forsyth Petroglyph in Georgia may include astronomical representations of stars, the constellation Draco, the Pleiades asterism, a comet, and meteors or comet fragments and may be a record of a comet impact event that caused a severe weather event in 536 AD.

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Were Creek Indians from West Mexico?

February 27, 2011February 7, 2012 Gary C. Daniels 1 Comment America-Mexico Connection, Creek Indians, Creek Migration Legend, Georgia, Georgia Mississippian Period, Mississippian Period, Muskogee, West Mexico

It’s possible that a culture influenced by both west Mexican and Olmec ideas settled in Georgia during the Mississippian period. Both the cultural traditions and oral history of the Creek Indians strongly suggest an origin from west Mexico.