TITLE:
A DNA Genealogy Solution to the Puzzle of Ancient Look-Alike Ceramics across the World
AUTHORS:
Anatole A. Klyosov, Elena A. Mironova
KEYWORDS:
Y-Chromosome; Mutations; Haplotypes; Haplogroups; SNP; Ceramics; Trypillia-Cucuteni; Ban-Chiang; Yangshao; Anasazi-Mogollon; Aryan Swastika
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Anthropology,
Vol.3 No.3,
August
12,
2013
ABSTRACT:
A puzzling
similarity has been observed in some of the ceramics and figurines in several
cultures in Eastern Europe (the Trypillia-Cucuteni culture, 6500 - 5500 years
before present [ybp]), Thailand (the Ban-Chiang culture, between 7400 and 3800
ybp), China (the Yangshao culture, between 8000 and 4000 ybp), North America
(the Anasazi-Mogollon culture, between 7500 ybp and present time). It is remarkable
that the ceramics of these four cultures match each other in 17 (45%) of the 38
indicators used to distinguish archeological ceramic piece in the comparative
research. Remarkably, all four cultures with look-alike ceramics also use the
swastika as a common symbol. We advance the hypothesis that all four cultures
are connected by the Aryan (bearers of R1a) migrations between 5500 and 3000 ybp. While the
Aryan migrations in Eurasia are well verified by DNA data, those in theAmericasare
not known as yet. Consideration of R1ahaplotypes among Native Americans do not conflict with the hypothesis.