Sails in Aboriginal Mesoamerica: Reevaluating Thompson's Argument

Sails in Aboriginal Mesoamerica: Reevaluating Thompson's Argument

This report reviews the archaeological and ethnohistorical evidence for aboriginal sail in the Maya area. Most of the report concentrates on Thompson's (1951) argument, which relied on the eyewitness reports of sails as well as the appearance of words for sail in the Motul Maya dictionary.

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Veröffentlicht in:American anthropologist 1990-03, Vol.92 (1), p.187-192
1. Verfasser: Epstein, Jeremiah F.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Archaeology
Canoes
Dictionaries
Ethnology
Graffiti
Historical source materials
History
Linguistic anthropology
Linguistics
Mayan civilization
Phrases
Precolumbian era
Research Reports
Sailing
Sailing & sailboats
Sails
Social research
Sources and methods
Words
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Zusammenfassung:This report reviews the archaeological and ethnohistorical evidence for aboriginal sail in the Maya area. Most of the report concentrates on Thompson's (1951) argument, which relied on the eyewitness reports of sails as well as the appearance of words for sail in the Motul Maya dictionary.
ISSN:0002-7294
1548-1433
DOI:10.1525/aa.1990.92.1.02a00140