America - the New World or the Old?
Translated from German by Anne Heritage and Paul Kremmel
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Beschreibung
This study by «the foremost German specialist on North American aboriginal religions» (Hultkrantz) investigates the remarkable affinities between the ancient traditions of Native America and West Eurasia such as calendar forms, myths, New Year rituals, and architectural forms. In the light of these affinities, the Bering-Strait theory is called into question and a new way of looking at American pre-history is suggested.
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Paul Kremmel
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«A great and admirable work that is bound to raise much controversy. The author draws on his years of extensive research to offer multidisciplinary proof that there are peculiar weak spots in the conventional view that America was settled via the Bering-Strait.» (Hans Biedermann, Professor, Graz, Ethnologia Americana)
«With this book Germany's senior mentor in cultural anthropology dealing with North American Indians has put forward a study, which, on the basis of its multi-faceted argumentation and its radical re-interpretation of prehistoric connections between the new world and the old, calls out for an intensive, critical discussion. This is what Müller intended and what he also deserves.» (Karl H. Schlesier, Professor, Wichita State University, Anthropos)
«The translation is excellent. The notes are helpful, and the bibliography is invaluable for its listing of many papers in the European literature that are little known in Americanist circles.» (George F.Carter, Ellsworth American)
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