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America Before Columbus (ABC) Conference (1992 : Brown University) Search this
Physical description:
vi, 313 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Congresses
Place:
America
Date:
1998
C1998
Notes:
Papers originally presented at the America Before Columbus (ABC) Conference which was sponsored by NEARA and held in Providence, R.I. in June 1992.
ANTH copy 39088017237454 gift from the library of Betty J. Meggers.
Contents:
Jomon-Valdivia similarities / Betty J. Meggers -- King Juba remembered / Norman Totten -- Comalcalco / Neil Steede -- The significance of metallurgy in the PurheĢpecha religion / Celia Heil -- The Gungywamp enigma / David P. Barron -- Earth, stones, and sky / James W. Mavor, Jr. -- An ancient solar observatory at Willow Creek, California / John H. Rudolph -- Astronomical alignments in the Newport Tower / William S. Penhallow -- Shadow and substance / Curtiss Hoffman -- Maize diffused to India before Columbus came to America / Carl L. Johannessen -- The Zuni enigma / Nancy Yaw Davis -- Dyestuffs and possible early contacts between southwestern Asia and nuclear America / Stephen C. Jett -- The chicken in America / George F. Carter -- The Yuchi, American and Asian / Joseph B. Mahan -- Perigrination of the organic / Daniel W. Gade
Identification of the Proto-Tifinagh script at Peterborough, Ontario / David H. Kelley -- American Indian languages before Columbus / Mary Ritchie Key -- Early Eurasian linguistic links with North America / Roger Williams Wescott -- Some remarks on an inscribed stone from Grand Traverse County, Michigan / Donal B. Buchanan -- The Bat Creek Stone / J. Huston McCulloch -- The decipherment of American runestones / Suzanne O. Carlson -- The transmigrations of Tanit / Gloria Farley -- Commentary / Brian D. Stubbs -- Types of cultural diffusion / Roger Williams Wescott -- A European view of diffusion and transoceanic contacts before 1492 / Patrick Ferryn -- Vestiges of the natural history of archaeology / Alice B. Kehoe -- The Hebrew presence in Pre-Columbian America / Cyrus H. Gordon -- Ancient Chinese maps of the world / Donal L. Cyr -- Columbus was 100% Portuguese! / Manuel L. da Silva -- The Brendan-Columbus connection / Paul H. Chapman -- Commentary / John L. Sorenson
