The first English-language publication to synthesize Cuban prehistory in over fifty years, the book covers five millennia of human life in Cuba. The authors are both professors at Havana University. Thor Heyerdahl instigated the book project and wrote the foreword. The text was translated and edited by Daniel H. Sandweiss and David R. Watters. USA The Timexpo Museum will feature an exhibition illustrating the possibility that long before Columbus, ancient peoples were able to sail vast distances.
Ocean currents are like escalators, bearing even the most primitive craft effortlessly along.
There are intriguing cultural parallels between early cultures on both sides of the Atlantic and also between South America and far-away islands in the Pacific. The dry atmosphere has preserved their bodies and gaily colored clothes remarkably well, although many died as long as 4,000-2,400 years ago. Interestingly, most are Caucasian, not Asian, suggesting long-distance migration from somewhere to the west. The forthcoming book is written by the archaeologists of the Xinjiang Archaeological Research Institute and will be in Chinese and English, with photographs. The focus of this research is an examination of how the environmental context and agricultural production system influenced long term political development of this Polynesian chiefdom.