[austingirl]

I loved the book "Kon Tiki" and I really like his quote at the end.

[afraidfortherepublic]

"The more I do and the more I see, the more I realise the shocking extent of ignorance that exists among the scholarly circles that call themselves authorities and pretend to have a monopoly of all knowledge,"

A valid indictment of our educational system.

[philman_36]

"The more I do and the more I see, the more I realise the shocking extent of ignorance that exists among the scholarly circles that call themselves authorities and pretend to have a monopoly of all knowledge." Thor Heyerdahl

Worth a repeat.

[Carry_Okie]

"The more I do and the more I see, the more I realise the shocking extent of ignorance that exists among the scholarly circles that call themselves authorities and pretend to have a monopoly of all knowledge,"

Man, can I relate to that.

[SunkenCiv]

A Blast from the Past. Somehow, despite all the Google searches I've made over the past year or so, this 2002 topic (by Blam) escaped detection. Until now. Consider yourself pinged.

Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
The GGG Digest -- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)

[ThanhPhero]

From T.H.'s books Kon-Tiki and Aku-Aku one would not necessarily understand the Polynesians to have bên populãted out of South American populations at all. TH suggested that the NW coast Indians from Canada and Washington State migrated south through Mexico and Peru and thence across the Pacific. The polynesian, especially Maori, and NW coast cultures share some remarkable similarities in woodwork and use of feathers, among other things.

[ASOC]

I have enjoyed several of TH books - tho it was telling that the RA Expedition opened with a disclaimer about the "Mormon Golden Bible" -- science is not isolated from the rest of the world or society.

(No flames please, just a note about one of the factors in his book)