RE: [baidarka] skin boats

Subject: RE: [baidarka] skin boats
From: Christopher Stewart (stewtone@msn.com)
Date: Fri Nov 18 2005 - 12:22:13 EST

A great read! I suspect there are two reasons his opinions aren't highly
regarded among academics. 1. He disagrees with them! Even though there is
growing evidence of pre-Folsom people in the Americas, the mainstream
archeologists are very reluctant to accept it. They've built their careers
on Folsom first. 2. It is easy to dismiss the theories of someone who writes
fiction.

Another very interesting book is The Brendan Voyage by Tim Severen,
basically a modern attempt to recreate the pre-Viking voyage to Iceland by
the Irish monk St. Brendan, which has generally been considered mythical.

Chris Stewart

>From: wolfgang brinck <nativewater@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: baidarka@paddlewise.net
>To: baidarka@paddlewise.net
>Subject: [baidarka] skin boats
>Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 07:09:21 -0800 (PST)
>
>Speaking of skin boat use in Europe, has anyone read the Farfarers by
>Farley Mowat? I vaguely remember Farley coming up on the list and
>the name eliciting negative responses. Supposedly his opinions aren't
>highly regarded in the history/archaeology sector.
>
>Anyway, Farfarers is highly speculative but nevertheless
>entertaining. The theme, basically is that European walrus and
>narwal hunters ventured ever farther afield in their walrus hide
>covered boats to hunt their ever diminishing prey and ended up in
>North America long before the Vikings did.
>
>Wolfgang
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