Lost Worlds: Georgia on YouTube
Lost Worlds: Georgia is a documentary I created in 2004 and updated in 2006 featuring the seven most important ancient
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America-Mexico Connection
Ocala- A Mayan Province in Florida
In 1539 the Hernando de Soto expedition heard fabulous stories about a province in Florida called Ocalé (pronounced Ocala, the
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Toltecs and Cahokia
Was the ancient Native American metropolis of Cahokia built or inspired by the Toltec empire of Central Mexico? That’s the
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Maya Trade with Cuba and Florida?
In his research article “Yucatan Channel and Trade,” researcher Ronald Canter compiled the best available evidence of trade contacts between
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Network of Ancient Canals in Florida
The Ortona Mounds site in the Lake Okeechobee region of Florida features a network of canals for canoe travel: The
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Ancient Chihuahua pots in Georgia, 700 years old, suggest Mexican connection
In 1937, archaeologists in Georgia unearthed a surprise: a dog effigy pot that looked like a Chihuahua. How did Chihuahuas,
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Mayan Words Among Georgia’s Indians?
Mayan Words in Hitchiti-Creek Language Suggest Ancient Connection The Hitchiti language, one of many languages spoken by Creek Indians, was
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Were the Maya Mining Gold in Georgia?
Is there evidence that the Maya were in Georgia and Florida? If so, why were they there? Were they mining
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Possible Mayan Site Discovered in Georgia Mountains?
Architect and scholar Richard Thornton has published his findings about an archaeological site on the side of Georgia’s highest mountain
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Were Creek Indians from 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.
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Fort Mountain Stone Wall (400 AD)
A mysterious stone wall constructed atop Fort Mountain in north Georgia around 400 AD could represent an astronomical observatory built by people from Mexico.
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New Artifacts Suggest Mexican connection to Ohio’s Hopewell Culture
Jaguars and panthers aren’t from Indiana but they show up at the Mann Hopewell Site as beautifully detailed carvings. Put them together with clay figurines that have slanted eyes — not a Hopewell feature — and Linderman says we could be looking at a connection between Indiana and Central or South America.
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