American Indians in the Pacific: The Theory Behind the Kon-Tiki ExpeditionThe theory behind the Kon-Tiki expedition. |
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The Theory Behind the Kon-Tiki Expedition Thor Heyerdahl. Polynesian vortex of migration swept the East Pacific and peopled all the major Polynesian islands in the early centuries of the present millennium , finally bringing the Maori to ...
The Theory Behind the Kon-Tiki Expedition Thor Heyerdahl. Polynesian vortex of migration swept the East Pacific and peopled all the major Polynesian islands in the early centuries of the present millennium , finally bringing the Maori to ...
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... islands inhabited by their descendants today . During the first generations after the dispersal of the Maori - Polynesian people from Hawaiki , courageous mariners , from all the major islands , made return voyages to this the first ...
... islands inhabited by their descendants today . During the first generations after the dispersal of the Maori - Polynesian people from Hawaiki , courageous mariners , from all the major islands , made return voyages to this the first ...
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... Polynesian origin to sunken lands in the Central Pacific , made at least the following interesting observation ... islands while they drove the Melanesian aborigines over to the west . Smaller parties reached still further west , and left ...
... Polynesian origin to sunken lands in the Central Pacific , made at least the following interesting observation ... islands while they drove the Melanesian aborigines over to the west . Smaller parties reached still further west , and left ...
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Is there a Polynesian problem? Theories of Polynesian origins Working method and approach to | 8 |
Melanesian food plants fetched by Polynesians Melanesian hog and chicken fetched by Polynesians | 69 |
west Indians Mental traits Northwest AmericanPolynesian agreement in cultural level Speculative | 156 |
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