SC - Peanuts-possibly OOP

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/31/99 4:44:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, ddfr at best.com
writes:

<< But there is one piece of
 archaeological evidence for peanuts in China much earlier than that. The
 same work also shows evidence for other things at that early date that
 other evidence suggests shouldn't be there. >>

Does not the archeological finds of anchor stones from Chinese junkets off the
the west coast of the states make an equally valid observation that peanuts
MAY have been introduced  to the New World by Chinese traders during  pre-
Columbian times?

There is also evidence, IIANM, that a form of miniature corn forund in China
predated Columbus as well as the possibility that certain capsicum varieties
also existed in China pre-Columbian. Thgis is not to say that they are native
of China necessarily but the possibility exists. that these plants were
introduced by the Chi8nese through trade with early American Indian cultures.
Thoughts?

Ras
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