Old world roots of the Cherokee
Subtitle: how DNA, ancient alphabets and religion explain the origins of America's largest Indian nation
By: Donald N. Yates ; foreword by Richard Mack Bettis
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780786469567
Subjects: Origin; Indians of North America; Cherokee langauge; Alphabet; Migrations; Etymology; Human population genetics; Cherokee Indians; Transatlantic influences; Cherokee language
Description: "This work traces the origins of the Cherokee to the third century B.C.E. and follows their migrations through the Americas. Using a combination of DNA analysis, historical research, and classical philology, it uncovers the Jewish and Eastern Mediterranean ancestry of the Cherokee and reveals that they originally spoke Greek before adopting the Iroquoian language of their Haudenosaunee allies"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.