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Peopling of the Americas : currents, canoes, and DNA /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peterson, Barbara Bennett, 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2011]
Series:Focus on civilizations and cultures.
Subjects:
America > Discovery and exploration > Pre-Columbian.
Human geography > America.
Ethnoarchaeology > America.
Human beings > Migrations.
Table of Contents:
  • Migration routes to the Americas across both oceans
  • The Chinese colonized the Americas by Sea before Columbus
  • Indians of Southeast Asia expand trading networks to the Americas
  • Indo-China as a cultural influence on the Americas and the resulting cultural blends of numerous cultures
  • Japanese contacts by sea with the Americas before Columbus
  • Polynesian migrations to the Americas before Columbus
  • Migrations of Africans to the Americas
  • Atlantic migrations to the New World
  • Bringing evidences together : proving pre-Columbian contact based on DNA evidence
  • Epilogue.