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... gourd in Polynesia has not aroused the same comment and discussion as that of the sweet - potato , since the gourd is probably not origi- nally an American plant . And seeds of the gourd can be carried wide and far with migrants and ...
... gourd in Polynesia has not aroused the same comment and discussion as that of the sweet - potato , since the gourd is probably not origi- nally an American plant . And seeds of the gourd can be carried wide and far with migrants and ...
Page 440
... gourd as early , or earlier , than any other plant . ( Best 1925 b , p . 54. ) 1 Best stresses that the gourd was cultivated to a considerable extent by the Maori in pre - European days in all suitable localities , and he says ( Ibid ...
... gourd as early , or earlier , than any other plant . ( Best 1925 b , p . 54. ) 1 Best stresses that the gourd was cultivated to a considerable extent by the Maori in pre - European days in all suitable localities , and he says ( Ibid ...
Page 443
... gourd as a crop plant in periods greatly antedating any Polynesian era , and a transfer of Lagenaria seeds by hypothetical canoes fetching kumara from the Marquesas would obviously have occurred far too late to account for the presence ...
... gourd as a crop plant in periods greatly antedating any Polynesian era , and a transfer of Lagenaria seeds by hypothetical canoes fetching kumara from the Marquesas would obviously have occurred far too late to account for the presence ...
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Is there a Polynesian problem? Theories of Polynesian origins Working method and approach to | 8 |
The Northwest Coast Archipelago as steppingstone for Asiatic migrants into the East Pacific The American | 72 |
west Indians Mental traits Northwest AmericanPolynesian agreement in cultural level Speculative | 156 |
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