Wangka: Austronesian Canoe Origins
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (867 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1585440868 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Another chapter summarizes the great advances of recent years in anthropological and archaeological studies of the Pacific.At the heart of the book is a thorough examination of canoe seaworthiness. Doran’s conclusions are that Austronesian canoes were amply seaworthy and fully capable of intentional voyages of discovery, and that previous views on the ages of canoe types are just the opposite of the probable sequence. A review of earlier writings on the canoes repeats the earlier understanding of their origins: that the earliest canoes were the double-outrigger type and that single-outrigge