Ancient Micronesia & the Lost City of Nan Madol (Lost Cities of the Pacific) [Paperback]

David Hatcher Childress (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press (September 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0932813496
• ISBN-13: 978-0932813497
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,407,412 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A fun uncritical use of serious and not so serious sources., July 17, 1998

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Ronald Mayo "Fishguy" (Lopez Island, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ancient Micronesia & the Lost City of Nan Madol (Lost Cities of the Pacific) (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:

5.0 out of 5 stars Diffusionist Theory Applied to Micronesia, February 14, 2000

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Winston Whitaker (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ancient Micronesia & the Lost City of Nan Madol (Lost Cities of the Pacific) (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:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rigorous or not, this book is great reading !, December 30, 2000

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Maurizio Giuliano (Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ancient Micronesia & the Lost City of Nan Madol (Lost Cities of the Pacific) (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.