1 Kwang-Chih Chang, The Archaeology of Ancient China, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1972, pp. 97-99.
2 James Duguid and Gabriel Bedish, “An Analysis of the Spanish Diggings Region of Wyoming During Paleolithic Inhabitation” WyAr 11(1) 1968 Part 2 Wyoming Archaeological Society.
4 John A. Eddy, “Astronomical Alignment of the Big Horn Medicine Wheel,” Science, 7 June 1974, Vol. 184, No. 4141, pp. 1035 – 1043.
6 Robert Temple, The Genius of China, Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions: 1986, 1998, 2007, p.37-39.
7 I.S. Bartlett, ed., History of Wyoming Vol. I, Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1918, p. 41.
8 Edward Payson Vining, An Inglorious Columbus: Evidence that Hwui Shan and a Party of Buddhist Monks from Afghanistan Discovered America, London: D. Appleton and Company, 1885, p. 221.
12 Kwang-Chih Chang, Early Chinese Civilization: Anthropological Perspectives, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1976, p. 45 and Chang, The Archeology of Ancient China, p. 157.
13 Nasir El Bassan, Handbook of Bioenergy Crops: A Complete Reference to Species Development and Applications, Oxford, UK: Routledge, 2010.
14 All the notes by Henriette Mertz are taken from her 1953 privately published Pale Ink unless otherwise noted.
15 Henriette Mertz, Gods from the Far East: How the Chinese Discovered America, New York: Ballantine Books, 1972, p. 132. (This note is not found in Pale Ink).
16 National Historic Trails: Auto Tour Route Interpretive Guide, Across Wyoming, Salt Lake City: National Park Service, 2007, p. 2.
17 Curtis Ebbesmeyer & Eric Scigliano, Flotsametrics and the Floating World, New York: Smithsonian Books, 2009, p. 158.
19 Rees, Secret Maps of the Ancient World, Bloomington, IN: Authorhouse, 2008, 2009, p. 90.
20 Joseph Needham, Science and Civilisation in China, Vol. 4 Physics and Physical Technology, Part 3 Civil Engineering and Nautics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971, pp 548-549.
21 Ebbesmeyer and Scigliano, p. 140.
22 National Historic Trails, p. 4.
23 National Historic Trails, p. 18.
26 Bartlett, p. 43.
27 “Official Song of the State of Kansas” n.d. Web 9 October 2012 <http://www.50states.com/songs/kansas.htm#.UHR9ARV1B2A>.
28 Charlotte Harris Rees, Chinese Sailed to America Before Columbus: More Secrets from the Dr. Hendon M. Harris, Jr. Map Collection, Bloomington, IN: Authorhouse, 2011, p. 66.
29 “Wyoming Toad: Almost extinct in America’s backyard,” Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project 15 October 2012 Web 17 November 2012 <http://www.amphibianrescue,org/tag/bufo-hemiophrys/>.
31 Michael McCoy, Off the Beaten Path Wyoming: A Guide to Unique Places, Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 2010, pp. 16, 27.
32 McCoy, p. 29.
33 W. Dan Hausel, Mining History and Geology of Some of Wyoming’s Metal and Gemstone Districts and Deposits, Reprint No. 56, Laramie, WY: The Geological Survey of Wyoming, 1994, p. 42.
34 McCoy, p. 25.
35 W. Dan Hausel, Guide to the Geology, Mining Districts and Ghost Towns of Medicine Bow and Snowy Ridge Scenic Byway, Public Information Circular No. 32, Laramie, WY: The Geological Survey of Wyoming, 1993, p. 28.
36 Ibid.
37 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form, Libby Lodge, Snowy Range Lodge, Sept. 30, 1976, Web 18 November 2012 <http://www.pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/76001947.pdf>.
38 Bartlett, p. 37.
39 Bartlett, p. 34-36.
41 Mertz, Gods from the Far East, p. 134.
43 Mike Xu, “New Evidence for Pre-Columbian Transpacific Contact between China and Mesoamerica,” Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Vol. 88 No. 1, Mar 2002, pp 1-11.
44 A. H. Koschmann and M. H. Bergendahl, Principal Gold-Producing Districts of the United States, Geological Survey Professional Paper 610, Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1968, p. 85.
45 Kwang-chih Chang, The Archaeology of Ancient China, p. 86.
46 Richard E. Strassberg, A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways Through Mountains and Seas, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002, p. 112.
47 “Grays Peak and Torreys Peak” n.d. Web 2 January 2013 <http://www.protrails.com/trails/view/384/.../grays-peak-and-torreys-peak>.
48 E. Steve Cassells, The Archaeology of Colorado, Boulder, CO: Johnson Books, 1997, p.102.
49 Rees, Secret Maps of the Ancient World, pp. 40 – 42.
50 Cyclone Covey, A Critical Reprise of ‘Aboriginal’ American History, Winston Salem, NC: Wake Forest University, 2000-2005, p. 214.
51 Leo Bagrow, History of Cartography, revised and enlarged by R. A. Skelton, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966, p. 197.
53 John Fielder, John Fielder’s Best of Colorado, Englewood, CO: Westcliffe Publishers, 2002, 2003, 2004, p. 59.
54 “Grays Peak – Torreys Peak” n.d. Web 2 January 2013 <http://www.cloudhiking.com/mountains/rockies/grays-torreys.php>.
56 “An Amazing Past” n.d. Web 2 January 2012 <http://www.leadville.org/an-amazing-past.html>.
57 “Leadville History: 1878-1893” n.d. Web 2 January 2013 <http://www.visitleadvilleco.com/history>.
58 “An Amazing Past” n.d. Web 2 January 2012 < http://www.leadville.org/an-amazing-past.html>.
59 “Leadville Attractions” n.d. Web 2 January 2013 <http://www.visitleadvilleco.com/attractions>.
61 Upper Arkansas Valley Outdoor Adventure Guide, Salida, CO: Arkansas Valley Publishing Co., 2012.
63 Kevin Rogers, “Cutthroat Trout” n.d. Web 14 November 2012 <http://www.wildlife.state.co.us/research/aquatic/CutthroatTrout/Pages/CutthroatTrout.aspx#greenback>.
67 Fielder, p. 237.
69 John L. Sorenson and Carl L. Johannessen, World Trade and Biological Exchanges Before 1492, New York: iUniverse, 2004, 2009, p. 41.
74 Mark R. Guthrie, Powys Gadd, Renee Johnson, Joseph J. Lischka, Colorado Mountains Prehistoric Context, Denver: Colorado Historical Society, 1984, p.56.
76 “Scenic Drives USA: Los Caminos Antiguos Back Country Byway” n.d. Web 29 December 2012 <http://www.scenicdrivesusa.com/node/67>.
77 James E. Snead, Clark L. Erickson, and J. Andrew Darling, Landscapes of Movement: Trails, Paths, and Roads in Anthropological Perspective, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2006, p.21.
78 “Alamosa Community Guide” n.d. Web 14 November 2012 <http://www.cityofalamosa.org>.
79 Visitor Guide: Great Sand Dunes National Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
80 Great Sand Dunes: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Colorado, National Park Service, US Department of the Interior.
81 Virginia T. McLemore and Gretchen Hoffman “Mineral Deposits in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico,” New Mexico Geological Society, 56 Field Conference Guidebook, Geology of the Chama Basin, 2005, pp 445-456.
82 “Acequias and their Iberian Origins,” New Mexico Office of the State Historian n.d. Web. 28 October 2012 <http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails.php?file ID=22126>.
83 “Pueblo of Acoma: Big Game Trophy Hunts” n.d. Web 23 October 2012 <http://www.acomagameandfish.com>.
84 “Hakka” n.d. Web 25 October 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Hakka.aspx>.
85 Charlotte Harris Rees, ed., The Asiatic Fathers of America: Chinese Discovery and Colonization of Ancient America, Lynchburg, VA: Warwick House, 2006, pp. 23, 98.
86 Anatole Andro, The 1421 Heresy, Bloomington, IN: Authorhouse, 2005, pp. 264-265.
87 Rees, Secret Maps of the Ancient World, p. 118.
88 Mertz, Pale Ink, pp. 26-36.
89 Mertz, Pale Ink, p. 39.
90 Franklin Folsom and Mary Elting Folsom, Ancient Treasures of the Southwest, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1994, p. 85.
91 Vining, p. 219.
93 Historic Express St. James Hotel Cimarron, New Mexico, Brochure.
94 Snead, pp. 122-125.
95 Malcolm Ebright, The Manzano Mountain State Park: History of Title and History of the Manzano Land Grant, Commission for Public Records pursuant to Contract #09-36099-00870, 6/15/2009. p. 6-7.
96 “Cibola” n.d. Web 6 November 2012 <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cibola>.
98 Travel the Historic Turquoise Trail National Scenic Byway: the Perfect Day Trip, brochure. <http://www.turquoisetrail.org>.
99 “Tree of Heaven” 7 July 2009 Web 24 October 2012 <http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/aial1.htm>.
100 Ebright, p. 10.
101 Robert C. Sivinski, “Checklist of Vascular Plants in the Sandia and Manzano Mountains of Central New Mexico,” Occasional Papers of the Museum of Southwestern Biology, No. 10, 12 February 2007, pp. 1-67.
104 Vining, pp. 661-664.
105 E. N. Anderson, Everyone Eats: Understanding Food and Culture, New York: NYU Press, 2005, p. 86.
106 Where plants had multiple uses I listed them in the following priority. First - Traditional Chinese Medicines, Second - a food or beverage, Third – grass or animal feed. Each plant was only counted in one category. Therefore, there were a few additional types of grass besides the nine mentioned in this chapter. Those other grasses had other uses besides animal feed.
107 Arthur H. Harris, “Plio-Pleistocene Vertebrate Fossils of the El Paso Area,” El Paso, TX: Laboratory for Environmental Biology, Centennial Museum, University of Texas at El Paso, No. 6, 3 April 2000.
108 Rees, Secret Maps of the Ancient World, p. 82.
110 Vining, p. 667.
111 Vining, p. 286.
112 “Welcome to the City of Albuquerque: Chinese Americans,” n.d. Web 4 November 2012 <http://www.cabq.gov/humanrights/public-information-and-education/diversity-booklets/asian-and-pacific-island-heritage-in-new-mexico/chinese-americans>.
113 David E. Stuart and Rory P. Gauthier, Prehistoric New Mexico: Background for Survey, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1988, p. 128.
114 Roger Spencer, Rob Cross, Peter Lumley, Plant Names: A Guide to Botanical Nomenclature, Australia: CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 47.
115 Charlie Custer, “Chinese Invented the Totem Pole” 14 December 2010 Web. 6 November 2012 <http://www.theworldofChinese.com/2010/12/china-invented-the-totem-pole/>.
116 Boca Negra Canyon Trail Guide: Petroglyph National Monument, Publication of National Park Service and City of Albuquerque.
117 John A. Ruskamp, Jr., Asiatic Echoes: The Identification of Chinese Pictograms in North American Rock Writing, Create Space Publishing, 2011, 2013.
120 Galisteo Basin Archaeological Sites Protection Act: General Management Plan, US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Taos, NM Field Office, July 2012.
121 John A. Ruskamp, Jr., Asiatic Echoes: The Identification of Chinese Pictograms in North American Rock Writing: Addendum 2012, Create Space Publishing, p. 12.
122 Petroglyph National Monument, Tucson: Western National Park Association, 1993, 2005, p.13.
123 Stuart, p. 76.
124 Stuart, p. 319.
125 W. James Judge, Paleoindian Occupation: of the Central Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1977, p. 48.
130 Thomas R. Rocek and John D. Speth, The Henderson Site Burials: Glimpses of a Late Prehistoric Population in the Pecos Valley, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1986.
131 Temple, pp. 191-195 and 280-281.
132 Miriam Lowrance, “Rock Art of Jeff Davis County Part I and II,” The Artifact, Vol. 25, No. 2, p. 99.
133 “Sierra Blanca” n.d. Web 17 December 2012 <http://www.mescaleroapache.com/area/sierra_blanca.htm>.
137 Robert H. Weber, “Petroglyphs of the Sierra Blanca,” New Mexico Geological Society Fifteenth Field Conference, Socorro, New Mexico, 1964, p. 177.
138 Simon G. Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe, Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2004, pp. 96-97.
139 William C. Martin, Some Aspect of the Natural History of the Capitan and Jicarilla Mountains, and Sierra Blanca Region of New Mexico, New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook 15, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1964, pp. 171-176.
141 Ibid.
142 Rex Johnson, Jr., and Ron Smoryoski, Fly Fishing in Southern New Mexico, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1998, p. 149.
143 “Salmo trutta,” p. 3.
145 Stuart, pp. 232 – 234.
146 Weber, p. 177.
148 Julio L. Betancourt, Kate Aasen Rylander, Cristina Penalba, Janet L. McVickar, “Late Quaternary vegetation history of Rough Canyon, south-central New Mexico, USA,” Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 165 (2001), p. 74.
149 Guadalupe Mountains, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
150 Philip Burke King, Geology of the Southern Guadalupe Mountains, Texas, U.S. Geological Survey, 1948, pp 148-151.
155 Ibid.
157 Rees, Secret Maps of the Ancient World, p. 84.
158 “Rock Art: Trans-Pecos” n.d. Web 21 November 2012 <http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/trans-p/artistic/index.htm>.
159 “Guadalupe Mountains,” n.d. Web 20 November, 2012 <http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rjg18>.
160 Ellis W. Shuler,“Collecting Fossil Elephants at Dallas, Texas,” Field & Laboratory, Nov. 1934, Vol. III, No. 1, p. 24 (reprinted by permission from Bulletin of the Texas Archeological and Paleontological Society, September 1934, Vol. 6, pp. 75-79).
161 Rees, Secret Maps of the Ancient World, pp. 136-137.
162 Ruskamp, Addendum 2012, p. 34.
163 “Mammoth Rocks,” n.d. Web 19 November 2012 <http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23566>.
164 A. T. Jackson, Picture Writing of the Texas Indians, Anthropological Papers, Vol. II, Austin: The University of Texas, 1938, pp. 48-49.
166 Frank H. Chalfant, “Early Chinese Writing,” Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, 1906. (This is available online or as a reprint.)
169 Sheldon L. Glover, Origin and Occurrence of Gem Stones in Washington, Olympia, WA: Department of Conservation and Development, State of Washington, Division of Mines and Geology, Report of Investigations No. 16, 1949, pp. 7-8.
171 Miriam Lowrance, “Rock Art of Jeff Davis County Part I and II,” The Artifact, Vol. 25, No. 2, p. 127.
172 Ibid.
173 “Cueva Pilote” n.d. Web 5 December 2012 <http://www,texasbeyondhistory.net/pilote/html>.
174 Bagrow, p. 197.
176 Copies of these journals can be ordered through the website of El Paso Archaeological Society at www.epas.com
178 Jackson, p. 72.
181 Miriam A. Lowrance, “Rock Art of Presidio County,” The Artifact, Vol. 26, No. 3, El Paso: El Paso Archaeological Society, 1988, p. 3.
182 Ibid.
183 Rees, Secret Maps of the Ancient World, p. 52.
184 Rees, Secret Maps of the Ancient World, pp. 44-45.
186 Elbert A. King, Jr. Texas Gemstones, Report of Investigations – No. 42, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin: The University of Texas at Austin, 1961, p. 27.
187 “Presidio, TX,” U.S. Climate Data n.d. Web 17 November 2012 <http://www.usclimatedata.com/climate.php?location=USTX1094>.
189 Stuart, p. 184.
190 Ruth Shady Solis, Jonathan Haas, Winifred Creamer, “Dating Caral, a Preceramic Site in the Supe Valley on the Central Coast of Peru,” Science, Vol. 292, 27 April 2001, pp 723-726.
191 Sorenson and Johannessen, p. 13.
193 Ibid.
194 Lowrance, The Artifact, Vol. 26, No. 3, p. 1.
197 Lowrance, The Artifact, Vol. 26, No. 3, p. 27.
198 Kwang-Chih Chang, Shang Civilization, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1980, pp 332-335.
199 Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe, “Stonehenge,” Art History Resources n.d. Web 23 November 2012 <http://www.arthistoryresources.net/stonehenge/archaeoastronomy.html>.
200 Ibid.
201 Gari Ledyard, “Cartography in Korea, Japan, and Vietnam,” History of Cartography (Vol. 2, Bk 2), Cartography in the Traditional East and Southeast Asian Societies, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1995, pp. 260-261.
202 Covey, 2005, p. 38.
203 Rees, Secret Maps of the Ancient World, pp. 135-138.
204 Miriam Lowrance, “Rock Art of Jeff Davis County,” The Artifact, Vol. 25, No. 2, El Paso: El, p. 127.
205 Charles O. Hucker, China to 1850: A Short History, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1975, 1976, 1978.
206 Pan Ku, The History of the Former Han Dynasty, Vol. III, tr. by Homer H. Dubs, Baltimore: Waverly Press, 1955, p. 214-215.
207 Pan Ku, pp. 511-515.