Prehistoric trade between Ecuador and West Mexico: a computer simulation of coastal voyages

• Autores: Richard T. Callaghan
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 77, Nº 298, 2003, págs. 796-804
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The author studies prehistoric sea travel along the coast between West Mexico and Ecuador using a computer simulation incorporating the performance characteristics of sailing rafts. The model predicts that while northward voyages may have taken as little as two months, southward voyages would have entailed at least five months and may have required a strategy that took the rafts offshore for as long as a month.