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Pre-Columbian transoceanic contact theories are speculative theories which propose that visits to the Americas, interactions with the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, or both, were made by people from elsewhere prior to Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the Caribbean in 1492. [1]
In an article about to appear in Pre-Columbiana, anthropologist William Smole (2001) makes a persuasive circumstantial case for Southeast Asian domesticate’s pre-Columbian use in South and Middle America.
- Stephen Jett
Jan 1, 1983 · There is archaeological evidence for Spice Island contact with America in both periods and there is evidence for pre-Columbian introductions of the Polynesian chicken to America.
pre-Columbian New World contact (PC-NWC) have long been frustrated. The idea that non-Western Europeans reached the Americas prior to Columbus bordered on heresy in the Eurocentric mind. Little hard evidence existed for such contacts, at least as assessed by those holding tra-ditional views. Many readers might recall
- Charles F. Gritzner
- 2019
two-volume annotated bibliography on the subject of pre-Columbian transoceanic contacts, and it will stand as a monument and a tremen-dously valuable research tool for those interested in this topic.1 Significance of Exploring Early Transoceanic Influences The question of transoceanic influences is an appropriate
Jun 27, 2018 · transoceanic contacts between the Western and Eastern hemispheres before 1492. The book is a first step towards revising several lines of evidence and ideas surrounding sea trips and pre-Columbian contacts. This very personal book not only shows the development of Stephen Jett’s academic life and motivations, but also transforms
Oct 10, 2019 · Geographers, historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and others long intrigued by the possibility of pre-Columbian New World contact (PCNWC) have long been frustrated. The idea that non-Western Europeans reached the Americas prior to Columbus bordered on heresy in the Eurocentric mind.
