Skeletal evidence of african olmecs in ancient america by dr. The art of terracotta pottery in precolumbian central and. 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. The black presence in america before columbus nation of. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. 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. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Chalcatzingo chapter clay color plate colossal olmec heads. Dec 18, 2015 unexpected faces in ancient america 1500 bca.
Except for its rather unexpected strength among the. Unexpected faces in ancient america excerpts from the. Readings unexpected faces in pre columbian america alexander. 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. Most researchers believe that the negrocostachicanos are decendants of marrons or runaway slaves aguirre beltran, 1972. The negrocostachicanos say they are not they insist, the descendants of african slaves. African presence in the americas before columbus africans not only came here before the vikings or any other. I was told then that there were more olmec mirrors at the costa del golfo section. Isbn 9780517516577 unexpected faces in ancient america. Evidence from physical anthropology, keith jordan, p 102117.
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