Pre-Columbian Maize in Asia
Author | : Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 25 |
Release | : 1900* |
Genre | : Corn |
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Author | : Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 25 |
Release | : 1900* |
Genre | : Corn |
ISBN | : |
Author | : M. D. W. Jeffreys |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1975 |
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Author | : Ivan Van Sertima |
Publisher | : African classicals |
Total Pages | : 179 |
Release | : |
Genre | : History |
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They Came Before Columbus reveals a compelling, dramatic, and superbly detailed documentation of the presence and legacy of Africans in ancient America. Examining navigation and shipbuilding; cultural analogies between Native Americans and Africans; the transportation of plants, animals, and textiles between the continents; and the diaries, journals, and oral accounts of the explorers themselves, Ivan Van Sertima builds a pyramid of evidence to support his claim of an African presence in the New World centuries before Columbus. Combining impressive scholarship with a novelist’s gift for storytelling, Van Sertima re-creates some of the most powerful scenes of human history: the launching of the great ships of Mali in 1310 (two hundred master boats and two hundred supply boats), the sea expedition of the Mandingo king in 1311, and many others. In They Came Before Columbus, we see clearly the unmistakable face and handprint of black Africans in pre-Columbian America, and their overwhelming impact on the civilizations they encountered.
Author | : Carroll L. Riley |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 571 |
Release | : 2014-10-14 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1477304789 |
Whether humans crossed the seas between the Old World and the New in the times before Columbus is a tantalizing question that has long excited scholarly interest and tempted imaginations the world over. From the myths of Atlantis and Mu to the more credible, perhaps, but hardly less romantic tales of Viking ships and Buddhist missionaries, people have speculated upon what is, after all, not simply a question of contact, but of the nature and growth of civilization itself. To the specialist, it is an important question indeed. If people in the Western Hemisphere and in the Eastern Hemisphere developed their cultures more or less independently from the end of the last Ice Age until the voyages of Columbus, the remarkable similarities between New World and Old World cultures reveal something important about the evolution of culture. If, on the other hand, there were widespread or sustained contacts between the hemispheres in pre-Columbian times, these contacts represent events of vast significance to the prehistory and history of humanity. Originally delivered at a symposium held in May 1968, during the national meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, the papers presented here, by scholars eminent in the field, offer differing points of view and considerable evidence on the pros and cons of pre-Columbian contact between the Old World and the New. Various kinds of data—archaeological, botanical, geographical, and historical—are brought to bear on the problem, with provocative and original results. Introductory and concluding remarks by the editors pull together and evaluate the evidence and suggest ground rules for future studies of this sort. Man across the Sea provides no final answers as to whether people from Asia, Africa, or Europe visited the American Indian before Columbus. It does, however, present new evidence, suggested lines of approach, and a fresh attempt to delineate the problems involved and to establish acceptable canons of evidence for the future.
Author | : Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 5 |
Release | : 1967 |
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Author | : John L. Sorenson |
Publisher | : Research Press (UT) |
Total Pages | : 636 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Victor H. Mair |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2006-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780824828844 |
Presents empirical evidence on a wide range of cultural phenomena in history, and thereby demonstrating the processes whereby cultural traits are acquired and modified - the dynamics of transmission and transformation. This book pays attention to biological organisms on the one hand and to developments spanning an entire continent on the other.
Author | : Gunnar Thompson |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2010-02-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0557303087 |
Most important book since Darwin's "Origin of the Species." Narrative history tells how modern detectives uncovered evidence of maize (or Indian Corn) in tombs & temples of Egypt. Until January 2010, all the encyclopedias and most history profs believed there was no maize in Egypt or anywhere else in the Old World until after Columbus. Describes over 400 corncobs found in scientific study of museum collections at Met, Louvre, British Museum, Cairo Museum, etc. Fully illustrated, easty to understand, includes Appendices, Bibliography, and Index. A beautiful coffee-table book that is certain to inspire many conversations with friends. Proves Egyptian & Nubian voyages to Mexico 3,000 years before Columbus.
Author | : Society for American Archaeology |
Publisher | : Austin, U. of Texas P |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Contains the major portion of papers presented at a symposium held during the national meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, at Santa Fe, N.M. in May 1968.
Author | : John Staller |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 691 |
Release | : 2009-11-24 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1441904719 |
The significance of food and feasting to Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures has been extensively studied by archaeologists, anthropologists and art historians. Foodways studies have been critical to our understanding of early agriculture, political economies, and the domestication and management of plants and animals. Scholars from diverse fields have explored the symbolic complexity of food and its preparation, as well as the social importance of feasting in contemporary and historical societies. This book unites these disciplinary perspectives — from the social and biological sciences to art history and epigraphy — creating a work comprehensive in scope, which reveals our increasing understanding of the various roles of foods and cuisines in Mesoamerican cultures. The volume is organized thematically into three sections. Part 1 gives an overview of food and feasting practices as well as ancient economies in Mesoamerica. Part 2 details ethnographic, epigraphic and isotopic evidence of these practices. Finally, Part 3 presents the metaphoric value of food in Mesoamerican symbolism, ritual, and mythology. The resulting volume provides a thorough, interdisciplinary resource for understanding, food, feasting, and cultural practices in Mesoamerica.