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Author:	Thor Heyerdahl
Title:	American Indians In The Pacific
Subtitle:	The Theory Behind The Kon-tiki Expedition
Publisher:	George Allen & Unwin
Country:	UK
Date:	1952
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Non-Fiction, Science, History
Rating:	10.0 Rate
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ppint. 23rd Sep 2021		Rated 10/10 thor heyerdahl's magnum opus, in which he details all the evidence for american indians' venturing into the pacific ocean from both north and south america, their use of both colonisable islands and of islets incapable of supporting human life & societies, of some of the societies they established and the development of their languages, religions, agriculture and other introduced crops and their origins, likewise their crafts and architecture - including, on some island, major sculptures and artefacts in wood, and truly monumental stone moai developed uniquely in these colonies, from traceable precursors on the main american continents... ..and also the near total lack of most major cultural and agricultural staples and other foods and animals from societies to their west in the pacific ocean and its south-eastern asian mainland, or in micronesia, or melanesia or, to their south-west, in australia. detailed study of work published before his magnum opus, the examination of alternative possible explanations of the observed facts, detailed original research into many of these and other areas of study make this a multi-disciplinary tour-de-force, and one which should be read and understood by any and everyone *before* they seek to criticise his work, analyses and exploration of the possible, impossible, likely and unlikely explanations for the considerable body of evidence. - through the rest of the twentieth century and on into the twenty-first (- and as recently as 2024 c.e. -) further evidence has come to light in the field of dna research strongly suggesting that thor heyerdahl's studies, experimental research, hypotheses and major conclusions are substantially sound, even where these - and he, himself - have been much criticised, and from time-to-time lampooned. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



ppint. 23rd Sep 2021		george allen & unwin ltd. h/cvr edition first printing, first english language edition dedication: to my mother cover (d-j) art small b+w line drawing centered on the fairly dark-brown field of the front cover cover (d-j) price c. 824pp. (check & total!) including xvi pp. titles, indicia, table-of-contents (chapters and their extended subjects), table of illustrations, plus b+w photography, maps, etc. pp. bound-in plates, end pp. including index, sewn in signatures and bound with endpapers between brown cloth-covered boards

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