Crossing Ancient Oceans: How Prehistoric Explorers Visited the Americas
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Book Description
Did the Polynesians, Chinese and others make contact with North American civilizations in prehistoric times? For many years, this question was as close to taboo as you could get in anthropology: even to ask it was to risk labeling oneself a racist. Now, however, hard physical evidence of such contact has mounted to the point where it is difficult to ignore.This groundbreaking work, by the single most prominent scholar on the subject of pre-Columbian contact, is sure to be controversial and will cause the standard textbooks of North American prehistory to be rewritten. Stephen Jett covers the maritime capabilities of Far Eastern and Oceanic peoples, the physical evidence for contact, and the cultural similarities between New and Old World civilizations that had previously been explained away. This is an important book that will force a reassessment of the entire picture of North American prehistory.
About the Author
Stephen C. Jett, Professor Emeritus of Textiles and Clothing at the University of California at Davis, has had a long-standing interest in the early history of textile and dyeing technology, particularly with reference to cultural diffusion. He was also the editor of Pre-Columbiana, a journal dedicated to the search for early contacts between the old and new worlds. This is his first book.
Crossing Ancient Oceans: How Prehistoric Explorers Visited the Americas,Stephen Jett,Springer,0387950060,America,Ancient - General,Archaeology,Discovery and exploration,Explorers,History,History - General History,Maritime History,North American,Pre-Columbian,Social Science,Sociology,Science / General
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