What a commotion! "von Däniken-like" was meant as short-hand
for "trying to explain the cross-cultral phenomena von Däniken was
puzzled by but unfortunately tried to explain by positing intervention
by extraterrestrials, by ascribing these phenomena to exiles from
Sundaland". I didn't even say Atlantis! Or Noah's Ark! Besides
everyone knows extraterrestrials speak Klingon, which is not related
to Austronesian ( ;-) ;-) *joke* ;-) ;-) ). A better short-hand
expression would be "Discovery Channel-like" (wonder what outrage
this expression will cause).
Before discussing synchronicity, proper science, new age (vs. "old
age"?) etc try this:
http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/austric.html
This is basically Manansala's two lists: Sanskrit-Austric and
Sumerian-Austric plus what I could find of other correspondences
within IE.
Calling a 400-page book you haven't read which was favourably
reviewed in (I think it was) Nature "new age" is not deep science
(It has also been similarly mentioned in cybalist).
Here's another link. It's a theory I made up myself:
http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/Shibbolethisation.html
Torsten