I was told then that there were more olmec mirrors at the costa del golfo section. The negrocostachicanos say they are not they insist, the descendants of african slaves. Unexpected faces in ancient america excerpts from the. From the opposite side of the americas is folklore drawn on by van sertima they came before columbus 1976 plus alfred barton a history of the africanolmecs 1998. Thor heyerdahl from his book the quest for america phaidon press ltd. The art of terracotta pottery in precolumbian central and. But there are more hints of contacts via the atlantic as well as via the pacific 2. The black presence in america before columbus nation of. Wiercinski 1972 supports this claim with skeletal evidence from several olmec sites where he found skeletons that were analogous to the west african type black. Chalcatzingo chapter clay color plate colossal olmec heads. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author.
Wuthenau s research on the many people from the old world that lived in precolumbian mexico. Unexpected faces in ancient america the historical testimony of. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. But none of the blacks of costa chica have songs about slavery and its hardships. Misael rated it it was amazing feb 10, com marked it as toread may 26, villain is currently reading it apr 19, many of these objects are stolen goods. African presence in the americas before columbus africans not only came here before the vikings or any other. Dec 18, 2015 unexpected faces in ancient america 1500 bca. Buy a cheap copy of unexpected faces in ancient america. Readings unexpected faces in pre columbian america alexander. Except for its rather unexpected strength among the. Isbn 9780517516577 unexpected faces in ancient america. Evidence from physical anthropology, keith jordan, p 102117. The idea that precolumbian america was an assemblage of societies isolated from the rest of the world after the melting of the wellknown land bridge crucial to the asiatic migrations into the continent across the bering strait, is becoming less likely to many scholars. Skeletal evidence of african olmecs in ancient america by dr.
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