American Indians in the Pacific: The Theory Behind the Kon-Tiki Expedition

aboriginal ancestors ancient Andean Archipelago arrival Asia balsa rafts bearded canoes carved centre-boards century Chimu coastal coconut Cook cotton craft culture elements Cuzco earliest Early Chimu East Pacific Easter Island Ecuador European evidence expedition fact feet fishing Fornander gourd hair Hawaii Hawaiian Heyerdahl high-cultures historic human Ibid important Inca Indonesia inhabitants known Kon-Tiki kumara Kwakiutl Lake Titicaca land legends logs maize Malay Mangareva Maori Maori-Polynesian Marquesas Group Marquesas Islands Maya megalithic Melanesia Mexico Micronesia migration myths natives navigation nesian North Peru Northwest America Northwest Coast Northwest Indian ocean Old World origin Pacific islands Peruvian plant points Poly Polynesian Polynesian islands pre-Inca prehistoric present primitive pyramids Quetzalcoatl race referred sail Samoa says seen shows similar Society Islands South America Spaniards spread stone statues sweet-potato Tahiti theory Tiahuanaco Tonga traditions trepanation tribes Viracocha voyage wind writes wrote Zealand