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dc.contributor.authorJones, Terry Len
dc.contributor.authorStorey, Aliceen
local.source.editorEditor(s): Terry L Jones, Alice A Storey, Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith and Jose Miguel Ramirez-Aliagaen
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-02T12:50:00Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.citationPolynesians in America: Pre-Columbian Contacts with the New World, p. 25-35en
dc.identifier.isbn9780759120068en
dc.identifier.isbn0759120064en
dc.identifier.isbn0759120048en
dc.identifier.isbn9780759120044en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7608-
dc.description.abstractMyths and oral traditions inevitably combine fantasy with fact and were often metaphors rather than accurate descriptions of past events. Nonetheless, these potential sources of evidence have, in the last century and a half, played a role in the discussions and debate about possible transoceanic contacts. They figured prominently in Heyerdahl's(1950, 1952, 1968) ideas about American Indians settling the Pacific, while Jones and Klar (2005) were criticized for failing to identify any myths in support of their ideas about Polynesian contact in southern California (see Arnold 2007). In addition there are problems with the content of oral histories in the postcontact era. Native myths and oral histories in the Americas very quickly adopted and incorporated Christian doctrine as well as some aspects of European folk tales (Burland et al. 1970). Arguments may also be made that incorporations were also likely made through interactions with Africans, Chinese, and Polynesians in the postcontact era. In the Pacific, Christianity and traditional stories were also intertwined (Hanson 1990) and many others were ignored, suppressed, or even destroyed and thus do not survive for examination (Gunson 1993). Here we summarize myths and legends from South America, Polynesia, and California that we and others have identified, some of which have already figured prominently in this long-standing debate. While the oral traditions on the Polynesian side are noted as being scant, this list is by no means comprehensive, and it is likely that other oral traditions exist, especially in South America and Oceania. We leave their future examination and dissemination to specialists in oral history.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherAltaMira Pressen
dc.relation.ispartofPolynesians in America: Pre-Columbian Contacts with the New Worlden
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dc.titleMyths and Oral Traditionsen
dc.typeBook Chapteren
dc.subject.keywordsPacific Cultural Studiesen
dc.subject.keywordsPacific History (excl New Zealand and Maori)en
dc.subject.keywordsMulticultural, Intercultural and Cross-cultural Studiesen
local.contributor.firstnameTerry Len
local.contributor.firstnameAliceen
local.subject.for2008200210 Pacific Cultural Studiesen
local.subject.for2008200209 Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-cultural Studiesen
local.subject.for2008210313 Pacific History (excl New Zealand and Maori)en
local.subject.seo2008950506 Understanding the Past of the Americasen
local.subject.seo2008950599 Understanding Past Societies not elsewhere classifieden
local.identifier.epublicationsvtls086580222en
local.profile.schoolSchool of Humanitiesen
local.profile.emailastorey2@une.edu.auen
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local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20110120-131742en
local.publisher.placeCalifornia, United States of Americaen
local.identifier.totalchapters14en
local.format.startpage25en
local.format.endpage35en
local.contributor.lastnameJonesen
local.contributor.lastnameStoreyen
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local.title.maintitleMyths and Oral Traditionsen
local.output.categorydescriptionB1 Chapter in a Scholarly Booken
local.relation.urlhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/38119719en
local.relation.urlhttp://www.altamirapress.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=%5EDB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0759120048en
local.search.authorJones, Terry Len
local.search.authorStorey, Aliceen
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local.year.published2010en
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