- Paperback: 200 pages
- Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press; illustrated edition edition (July 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0932813496
- ISBN-13: 978-0932813497
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #29 in Books > History > Countries & Regions > Australasia & Pacific > South Pacific
- #77 in Books > History > Archaeology > By Region > Australasian & Pacific
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Explores the astonishing array of megalithic ruins found in the South Pacific, including the Latte Stones of the Marianas, the menhirs of Paulau, the megalithic canal city on Kosrae Island, and the ever-mysterious Nan Madol on Pohnpei Island. Childress researched Nan Madol to discover that it contains over 250 million tons of basalt columns strewn, partially submerged, over an 11 square mile area of artificial islands. Strange underwater buildings of this incredible city are found at 80 feet. Local legends insist the huge volcanic rocks, weighing up to 50 tons each, were levitated into place by mysterious island ancestors.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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I was excited then Angry!,
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This review is from: Ancient Micronesia and the Lost City of Nan Madol: Including Palau, Yap, Kosrae, Chuuk and the Marianas (Lost Cities) (Paperback)
This book had me excited I love lost cities and and bieng part Chamoru I was very excited to learn about My Ancestors, at first he guides you through all of these great cities and cultures, then he tells you in a "Nice" way that these stone structures could have never been made by Micronesians, I was sure he was going to start calling Micronesians Savages He got most of his information from books printed over a hundred years ago written during the great Teutonic Revival during this time, Nearly everyone was trying to put Aryans on every corner of the globe, he qouted one of My favorite Epigraphic writer's Barry Fell he bielieves that Polynesians are from Lybya which he bases solely on the fact of simuliar writing or alphabets, I don't Doubt that the pacific Islands were visited by Differant peoples all over the earth, but why is it the bielief that only white people can move stone and make stone temples and cities, every Great civilization has had its White Stamp on it and I find that ridiculous, Dont get me wrong I am very Proud of My white Heritage but white people aren't the only people who can move stones and create cities, He does mention Chinese Envolvment and Japanese in the Marianas which I don't doubt, but these are a brief few paragraphs then he goes back to White settlers, and in conclusion this book is Basically a patchwork Quilt he gathers info from all over mostly from outdated books and sources and put it all in one book to make a buck, there are better books
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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A fun uncritical use of serious and not so serious sources.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Ancient Micronesia and the Lost City of Nan Madol: Including Palau, Yap, Kosrae, Chuuk and the Marianas (Lost Cities) (Paperback)
Here is a writer with an unflagging lust for ancient cities who is more than willing to pick and expand pieces from any source he can find. But he is fun!! I collect pacifica and I lived there but he has found sources I've never heard of. I think he includes some factoids just to add to the references. But still its readable, current and his actually visiting the sites is worth a look from anyone interested in the subject. I'm sending it to my 88 year-old dad who lived in the area as a young man. He'll love it even as he finds fault.
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3.0 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews) 13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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A fun uncritical use of serious and not so serious sources.,
By Ronald Mayo "Fishguy" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ancient Micronesia and the Lost City of Nan Madol: Including Palau, Yap, Kosrae, Chuuk and the Marianas (Lost Cities) (Paperback)
Here is a writer with an unflagging lust for ancient cities who is more than willing to pick and expand pieces from any source he can find. But he is fun!! I collect pacifica and I lived there but he has found sources I've never heard of. I think he includes some factoids just to add to the references. But still its readable, current and his actually visiting the sites is worth a look from anyone interested in the subject. I'm sending it to my 88 year-old dad who lived in the area as a young man. He'll love it even as he finds fault.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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Diffusionist Theory Applied to Micronesia,
By Winston Whitaker - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ancient Micronesia and the Lost City of Nan Madol: Including Palau, Yap, Kosrae, Chuuk and the Marianas (Lost Cities) (Paperback)
It is difficult to find books that include an indepth look at diffusionist theory in Micronesia, or other Pacific Islands, for that matter. Thor Heyerdahl, Barry Fell, and others have proposed that the settlement of the Pacific started in early Egypt. Indeed, did the same people who built the Egyptian pyramids and megaliths build the incredible city of Nan Madol? Childress says that Nan Madol and other megalithic remains in the Pacific were built by the ancient Egyptians. A great theory, and Childress provides a great deal of evidence in the form of photos, maps, and well referenced "facts." Highly recommended for diffusionists and those who study the megalith builders of thousands of years ago.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Rigorous or not, this book is great reading !,
By Maurizio Giuliano - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ancient Micronesia and the Lost City of Nan Madol: Including Palau, Yap, Kosrae, Chuuk and the Marianas (Lost Cities) (Paperback)
Indeed, as other reviewers have also observed, some of the contents of this book come from uncertain sources. Some of its parts are more serious, some less so. But all in all, this book does provide a great insight into the culture and life of ancient Micronesia - and it's one of very few books that accomplish this. It is written in a vivid style, easy to read, serving also as a guidebook to some extent for those visiting the region. For armchair travellers, real travellers, scholars of Micronesia, and others, this is a book I recommend ! Just take it with some caution if you are looking for academic rigour.
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