Article Title

Johannessen Visit

Authors

Keywords

Carl Johannessen, University of Oregon, pre-Columbian maize, India, ancient botany

Abstract

Professor Carl Johannessen, professor of geography at the University of Oregon, lectured in March at BYU on his research on evidence for pre-Columbian maize in India and nearby areas. F.A.R.M.S. has provided support for his work. He presented BYU botanists and others with an impressive array of actual specimens, pictures of sculptured representations of cobs of corn on Indian temples, and linguistic and historical data.

Recommended Citation

(1989) "Johannessen Visit," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 9: No. 1, Article 7.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol9/iss1/7