Polynesians in America: Pre-Columbian Contacts with the New World

by José Miguel Ramírez-Aliaga (Editor), Elizabeth A. Matisoo-Smith (Editor), Alice A. Storey (Editor), Terry L. Jones (Editor), Richard Scaglion (Collaborator), Daniel Quiróz (Collaborator), Kathryn A. Klar (Collaborator), Marshall I. Weisler (Collaborator), Geoffrey Irwin (Collaborator), Roger C. Green (Collaborator), María-Auxiliadora Cordero (Collaborator) and Andrew C. Clarke (Collaborator)

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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.

Non-Fiction Social science Anthropology