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Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

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Old World, New World, maize, corn, Brown Bag lectures, Carl Johannessen, "Diffusion of Cultural Traits across the Oceans in Pre-Columbian Times"

Abstract

On March 27 Carl Johannessen, emeritus professor of Geography from the University of Oregon, spoke about evidences found in the ancient Old World of crops normally considered indigenous to the New World, particularly maize. His discussion, entitled "Diffusion of Cultural Traits across the Oceans in Pre-Columbian Times," included a slide presentation showing ancient architecture that depicts what he argues is maize. If his evidence is confirmed by additional research, it will help establish the existence of contacts between the Old and New Worlds before Columbus, thus helping to establish the plausibility of the Book of Mormon account.

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