Polynesians in America pre-Columbian contacts with the New World / edited by Terry L. Jones ... [et al.].

Other author Jones, Terry L.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham : AltaMira Press,
Descriptionxix, 359 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Contents 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 -- Summary and conclusions / Terry L. Jones ... [et al.].
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 277-350) and index.
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ISBN9780759120044 (alk. paper)
ISBN0759120048 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780759120068 (electronic)
ISBN0759120064 (electronic)

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