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On Open Minds and Missed Marks: A Response to Atholl Anderson

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Terry L. Jones  and
Kathryn A. Klar
Terry L. Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Social Sciences, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 (Tljones@calpoly.edu)
Kathryn A. Klar
Affiliation:
Celtic Studies Program-#2690, 6303 Dwindle Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-2690 (Kkestrel@socrates.berkeley.edu)
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Abstract

While we appreciate Atholl Anderson's willingness to consider transoceanic diffusion as a viable possibility, he misrepresents parts of our argument and ignores others, particularly the linguistics that suggest that the Chumash and Gabrieliño borrowed the technique of sewn-plank construction and words related to that technique—not the word for boat or the specific design of a boat. The composite bone fishhook that appears in the Santa Barbara Channel ca. A.D. 700–900 matches simpler Hawaiian variants yet shows a significant stylistic departure from earlier southern California types. A chronological window of A.D. 400–800 for Polynesian contact is still consistent with realistic estimates for both the timing of the appearance of the sewn-plank boat technology in southern California and the initial settlement of Hawaii.

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Mientras reconocemos la disposición de Atholl Anderson para considerar la difusión transoceánica como una posibilidad viable, él tergiversa partes de nuestro argumento e ignora otras, especialmente la lingüística, que sugiere que el Chumash y el Gabrieliño tomaron la técnica de construcción de tablón-cosido y palabras relacionadas a esa técnica, no la palabra para barco ni el diseño específico de un barco. El anzuelo compuesto de hueso que aparece en el Canal de Santa Barbara entre A.D. 700 y 900 es igual a variantes hawaianas más sencillas, aunque muestra un inicio estilístico significativo procedente de tipos locales. Una ventana cronológica entre A.D. 400 y 800 para el contacto polinesio es todavía coherente con estimaciones prácticas para el periodo de aparición de la tecnología del barco de tablón-cosido en California meridional, y en el asentamiento inicial de Hawaii.

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American Antiquity , Volume 71 , Issue 4 , October 2006 , pp. 765 - 770
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 2006

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