1. INTRODUCTION to the PARADIGM PROJECT CLASS ROOM FORMAT AAPS January 2009

3. Originally Presented at the Ancient Artifact Preservation Society (AAPS) October 24, 2008 Marquette, MI This Module Prepared by: Karl Hoenke Born & Raised in Michigan BS ChE, Michigan State ’68 Retired from Chevron June ’06 Closet Anthropologist Welcome! Introduction to AAPS Presentations “Many Peoples from Many Places”

4. Available AAPS Learning Modules OCEAN HIGHWAYS KENNEWICK MAN SHAN HAI JING MAPS to AMERICA COPPER TRAIL ADENA SCRIPT MORE CULTURES Red Paint People Woden-Lithi Abu Ba Kari by Jeff Bennett by Rick Ozman by Karl Hoenke by Jay Wakefield by Larry Stroud by Ida Jane Gallagher by Dr. Myron Paine Note: Purple Items in this Presentation will be covered in depth in the Modules listed above.

5. Ancient Artifact Preservation Society AAPS documents & disseminates evidence of contact between ancient America & Europe or Asia from 11,000 to 600 years ago (ya) AAPS shows that many people came to ancient America in many boats from many places. Goal is for this knowledge to be accepted into mainstream high school programs

6. Successful Movement of Peoples Across Water is Ancient Australia was colonized by sea 40,000 to 50,000 years ago (ya) Wallace Strait 60 miles over open ocean. Boats needed.

7. Paradigm: Ice Free Corridor Opened c 11,500 years ago. Corridor Enabled First Occupants: Clovis Culture Clovis (11,000 ya)

8. Japan Current Route Evidence Confirms Americas Populated c. 30,000 to 18,000 ya---Must Have Been By Sea Maximum Ice Sheet 18-14,000 years ago Meadowcroft (15-13,000 ya) Cactus Hill (15-13,000 ya) Topper Site (19-16,000 ya) Clovis (11,000 ya)

9. Japan Current Route Hypothesis with Strong Evidence: Comet Melts Glaciers, Kills Megafauna 13,000 years ago

10. School textbooks deny any contact for 10,000 years! North America treated as isolated, despite flourishing indigenous population and evidence of contact. Today CLOVIS CULTURE (13.0-12.8 KYA) Topper Site, South Carolina (19-16 KYA, to 50 KYA?) Many Sites (Meadowcroft, Cactus Hill, Monte Verde …) Comet strikes N.A. Ice Sheet 13 12 11 10 15 14 1 4 3 2 8 7 6 5 9 16 PASSAGE THROUGH GLACIERS Timeline KYA = Thousand years ago

11. Today 1 4 3 2 8 7 6 5 11 10 9 Timeline KYA = Thousand years ago Polynesians Leave Taiwan (5.7 kya) Fengtien jade trade Taiwan to Asia Egyptians import cedars & obelisks (5.2 kya) Uluburun ship sinks with 10 tons of copper (3 kya) Indian Ocean trading OCEAN HIGHWAYS

12. Today 1 4 3 2 8 7 6 5 11 10 9 Timeline KYA = Thousand years ago Copper Trail Lake Superior to the world (7.5-3.2 kya) L’Anse Aux Meadows Columbus Collapse of Greek, Hittite, Egyptian, Levant cultures (3,200 ya) Folsom Culture Plainview Culture Events in America Greek, Persian, Roman Navies, Trading _________ Bronze age ends!! Events in Europe

13. Today 1 4 3 2 8 7 6 5 11 10 9 Copper Trail Chinese Explore Red Paint Culture Stone Map Culture Visitors in America Moundbuilders: Adena, Hopewell & Mississippian African (Olmec) Kennewick Man Chinese Explore Abu Ba Kari Norse King Woden-Lithi Timeline KYA = Thousand years ago

14. How Post Ice-Age Peoples Reached the Americas Land Route through glaciers?? Coastal Route always Available NORTHERN Land & Sea Routes from Europe SOUTHERN Sea Route from Europe & Africa Polynesian Route