During that era the principal style of pottery in Taiwan, Fiji, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tahiti, plus the future states of Georgia, South Carolina, western North Carolina, eastern Alabama and northern Florida was “Check Stamped.”
How else can you explain the substantial Austronesian or Polynesian DNA showing up in Creek, Seminole and Uchee descendants of the Savannah River Basin’s Indigenous Peoples?
After a three-year study, Dr. Donald Yates of DNA Consultants, Inc. proved in 2025 that the Uchee (Yuchi) Indians of the Southeast were Austronesians from Taiwan, not American Indians from Siberia. They are the oldest tribe now living in that region. There is actually a mountain tribe in Taiwan with the same name.
DNA does not lie!
The Sea Peoples of the South Atlantic Coast Series
The Other Peoples, Who Came to North America Series
by Richard L. Thornton, Architect and City Planner
This is terrific news. I once bought a basket at an antique store because it was lovely. Still have it. I tried to find its source, and discovered that it could either be Samoan or Cherokee.
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Great images, Richard. Do you have more information on the pottery?
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The full story of the pottery is in Dr. Yates book, but you can google “Lapita check stamped pottery”
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