Crossing Ancient Oceans
Voyages to the Americas before Columbus
Seiten
2006
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-0-387-95006-8 (ISBN)
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-0-387-95006-8 (ISBN)
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Was there contact across the Pacific ocean in pre-Columbian times? This book examines the evidence for such contact: the seafaring capabilities of civilizations around the Pacific, the physical evidence of contact, and the evidence of cultural influences in both directions. It argues that American civilizations were part of a "global ecumene".
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.
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.
A history of the controversy and an overview of the present isolationist paradigm.- The seafaring capability to carry out trans-Pacific contacts.- Motives for early voyaging.- Physical evidence of contacts.- Large-scale cultural influences.- Theoretical implications: viewing the New World civilizations as part of a "global ecumene".
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.10.2006 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 26 illus. |
| Verlagsort | New York, NY |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-387-95006-0 / 0387950060 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-387-95006-8 / 9780387950068 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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