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Ross Clark (benlizro@ihug.co.nz) wrote on Sat, 09 Jan 1999 10:09:31 +1300:
: Yuri Kuchinsky wrote:

: > See the Chapter POLYNESIANS REACHED MELANESIA FROM THE EAST (p. 52ff) in
: > AMERICAN INDIANS IN THE PACIFIC. There Heyerdahl cites Buck (1938), who
: > was a supporter of mainstream view that Polynesians came from the West.
: > But he had to admit that the evidence points otherwise in this particular
: > case.
: > 
: > "That intermixture took place between the Melanesians and Polynesians may
: > also be admitted, but it appears that this mixture was due to a later
: > westward movement of Polynesians from Tonga and Samoa rather than to
: > contact with Melanesians by the original Polynesian migrants of their way
: > through Melanesian islands." (p. 52)
: > 
: > Also other sources are cited to this effect, including linguistic.
: > 
: > And Ross Clark basically said the same thing re linguistic evidence
: > recently.

: Gisele, I think you know Yuri well enough not to take his word for
: anything like this. I did not say the same thing as what Heyerdahl
: suggests. As usual, it's hard to tell whether Yuri has just
: misunderstood something I said, or is deliberately misrepresenting it. 

You were the one who was talking about "back-settlements from western
Polynesia". Perhaps you can clarify.

Yuri.

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