In 1896, anthropologist Thomas Wilson published a groundbreaking work titled The Swastika, the Earliest Known Symbol. In this work, he examined the use of the swastika worldwide on every continent. He also produced a map to illustrate its distribution. Since disappointingly little research has been conducted on the swastika since Wilson's time, his 125-year-old map is still circulated online by countless blog posts on the swastika!
A good start--but there are many more!
As important as his work was, it is now quite old and in need of updates. As the first step to carrying on his work and conducting another worldwide examination of the swastika's use, we have republished the relevant parts of his work (with some commentary).
We hope this will stimulate new interest in the swastika, clear up many misconceptions which get confidently parroted on the internet, and prove once and for all racists have no claim to this ancient symbol.
Link to The Swastika, the Earliest Known Symbol:
https://aryan-anthropology.blogspot.com/p/thomas-wilson-swastika-earliest-known.html
This blog post is for comments and discussion on his work.
Additional posts in our series discussing the swastika can be accessed below:
https://aryan-anthropology.blogspot.com/p/the-swastika-aryan-symbol.html
here is the update you seek
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Thank you for posting this here. I have not had a chance to work on the map project, but I haven't given up hope that one day we will map hundreds more than are shown on that map.
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