[Coyoteman]

It is written in China that 250,000 'took to the sea' at the collapse of the Shang Dynasty.

Google "Japanese" "pottery" "Meggers" and "Ecuador" and see what you get.

[blam]

Thanks. Got it.

"Her most crucial discovery to date is the relationship between the people of Ecuador and the people of Japan. She noticed that fragments of pottery from Japan were appearing in Ecuador, and theorized that the Japanese had traded trans-Pacifically."