Very recent research raises interesting questions...

I am adding these documents on Nov. 20. The discussion of pre-Columbian trans-Pacific links has continued apace in the newsgroups. From this file, you can go to the following articles updating us on some of the issues.

• Prof. Michael Coe is a well known Mayanist, and an author of many books on the subject. One of his better known books is CRACKING THE MAYAN CODE. In this file, you will find excerpts from a long article about him where his views on diffusion are stated. These views are worth looking into. Full text of this article appeared earlier in this discussion thread, posted by Paul P.
  
• Here is an article from the US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT magazine, of Nov 4, that caused quite a stir recently.
  
• And here is a recent Usenet post of mine where I comment on the recent discussion.