This volume is a study of the migration of cultures from Asia to North America from the earliest period of recorded history.Evidence is presented of a connection between the North American Athabaskan language family and Siberia, together with comparisons and examinations of the implications of linguistics from anthropological, archaeological and folklore perspectives. An exploration of the origins of the earliest people in the Americas, this book covers topics including Siberian, Dene and Navajo Creation myths; linguistic comparisons between Siberian Ket Navajo and Western Apache; and comparisons between indigenous groups that appear to share the same origin.
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Dimensions: 148 x 212mm
Publication Date: 17 Jan 2011
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781443826839
About Robert D. Morritt
Robert Morritt is a historian musicologist and author. As a younger student he wrote for a local newspaper on archaeological excavations at Dinas Powys in South Wales. He studied Prehistory and Early Agriculture at The University of Manchester in the UK.Robert Morritt is author of the serialized (in the USA) article Carson J. Robison (New Amberola Graphic 1979; serialized 19791984) and of numerous discographies (cited in the Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound Garland Reference Library of the Humanities 2004).His books include The Quest: John Morritt His Travels to Troy 17941796 and his paleographical works Stones that Speak Fragments of Yesteryear (about early Appalachian music and recordings) and Echoes from the Greek Bronze Age.Forthcoming are Rockin in the Desert and Carson J. Robison: Biography and Discography.