This volume presents a synthesis of over a century of academic research on the question of prehistoric trans-oceanic contacts between Polynesia and the New World. Leading experts in archaeology, botany, linguistics, and physical anthropology discuss the latest ground-breaking evidence that supports pre-Columbian Polynesian landfalls in both North and South America.
This volume presents a synthesis of over a century of academic research on the question of prehistoric trans-oceanic contacts between Polynesia and the New World. Leading experts in archaeology, botany, linguistics, and physical anthropology discuss the latest ground-breaking evidence that supports pre-Columbian Polynesian landfalls in both North and South America.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Terry L. Jones is professor of anthropology and chair of the Social Sciences Department at California Polytechnic State University. Alice A. Storey is lecturer in the Department of Archaeology and Paleoanthropology at the University of New England in Australia. Elizabeth A. Matisoo-Smith is professor of biological anthropology at the University of Otago in New Zealand. José Miguel Ramírez-Aliaga is archaeology director of the Centro de Estudios Rapa Nui at the Universidad de Valparaíso in Chile.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1 Re-introducing the Case for Polynesian Contact Chapter 2 Diffusionism in Archaeological Theory: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Chapter 3 Myths and Oral Traditions Chapter 4 A Longstanding Debate Chapter 5 The Artifact Record from North America Chapter 6 The Mapuche Connection Chapter 7 Identifying Contact with the Americas: A Commensal Based Approach Chapter 8 A Reappraisal of the Evidence for Pre-Columbian Introduction of Chickens to the Americas Chapter 9 Did Ancient Polynesians Reach the New World? Evaluating Evidence from the Ecuadorian Gulf of Guayaquil Chapter 10 Words from Furthest Polynesia: North and South American Linguistic Evidence for Prehistoric Contact Chapter 11 Human Biological Evidence for Polynesian Contacts with the Americas -Finding Maui on Mocha or Kupe in Carmel? Chapter 12 Rethinking the Chronology of Colonization of Southeast Polynesia Chapter 13 Sailing from Polynesia to the Americas Chapter 14 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 1 Re-introducing the Case for Polynesian Contact Chapter 2 Diffusionism in Archaeological Theory: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Chapter 3 Myths and Oral Traditions Chapter 4 A Longstanding Debate Chapter 5 The Artifact Record from North America Chapter 6 The Mapuche Connection Chapter 7 Identifying Contact with the Americas: A Commensal Based Approach Chapter 8 A Reappraisal of the Evidence for Pre-Columbian Introduction of Chickens to the Americas Chapter 9 Did Ancient Polynesians Reach the New World? Evaluating Evidence from the Ecuadorian Gulf of Guayaquil Chapter 10 Words from Furthest Polynesia: North and South American Linguistic Evidence for Prehistoric Contact Chapter 11 Human Biological Evidence for Polynesian Contacts with the Americas -Finding Maui on Mocha or Kupe in Carmel? Chapter 12 Rethinking the Chronology of Colonization of Southeast Polynesia Chapter 13 Sailing from Polynesia to the Americas Chapter 14 Summary and Conclusions
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Shop der buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg Amtsgericht Augsburg HRA 13309
