Polynesians in America : pre-Columbian contacts with the New World
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Polynesians in America : pre-Columbian contacts with the New World
AltaMira Press, c2011
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-350) and index
Contents of Works
- Re-introducing the case for Polynesian contact / Terry L. Jones
- Diffusionism in archaeological theory : the good, the bad, and the ugly / Alice A. Storey and Terry L. Jones
- Myths and oral traditions / Terry L. Jones and Alice A. Storey
- A long-standing debate / Terry L. Jones and Alice A. Storey
- The artifact record from North America / Terry L. Jones
- The Mapuche connection / José Miguel Ramírez-Aliaga
- Identifying contact with the Americas : a commensal-based approach / Alice A. Storey, Andrew C. Clarke, and Elizabeth A. Matisoo-Smith
- A reappraisal of the evidence for pre-Columbian introduction of chickens to the Americas / Alice A. Storey, Daniel Quiróz, and Elizabeth A. Matisoo-Smith
- Did ancient Polynesians reach the New World? : evaluating evidence from the Ecuadorian Gulf of Guayaquil / Richard Scaglion and María-Auxiliadora Cordero
- Words from furthest Polynesia : North and South American linguistic evidence for prehistoric contact / Kathryn A. Klar
- Human biological evidence for Polynesian contacts with the Americas : finding Maui on Mocha? / Elizabeth A. Matisoo-Smith
- Rethinking the chronology of colonization of southeast Polynesia / Marshall I. Weisler and Roger C. Green
- Sailing from Polynesia to the Americas / Geoffrey Irwin
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The possibility that Polynesian seafarers made landfall and interacted with the native people of the New World before Columbus has been the topic of academic discussion for well over a century, although American archaeologists have considered the idea verboten since the 1970s. Fresh discoveries made with the aid of new technologies along with re-evaluation of longstanding but often-ignored evidence provide a stronger case than ever before for multiple prehistoric Polynesian landfalls. This book reviews the debate, evaluates theoretical trends that have discouraged consideration of trans-oceanic contacts, summarizes the historic evidence and supplements it with recent archaeological, linguistic, botanical, and physical anthropological findings. Written by leading experts in their fields, this is a must-have volume for archaeologists, historians, anthropologists and anyone else interested in the remarkable long-distance voyages made by Polynesians. The combined evidence is used to argue that that Polynesians almost certainly made landfall in southern South America on the coast of Chile, in northern South America in the vicinity of the Gulf of Guayaquil, and on the coast of southern California in North America.
Table of Contents
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
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