Alphonse Pinart
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| Alphonse Pinart | |
| Born | 1852 Bouquinghem, Marquise, Pas-de-Calais |
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| Died | February 13, 1911 Boulogne-sur-Mer |
| Nationality | French |
| Spouse | Zelia Nuttall |
Alphonse Pinart (1852-1911) was a French explorer, philologist, and ethnographer. He was an early champion of the theory that the Americas were first populated by migration across the Bering Strait. To support his research, he made extensive travel in the Pacific, from Alaska and the Aleutian Islands[1] to Easter Island. He recorded vocabularies of the Mission Indians in California, and also documented early rock art in Aruba. In 1875, he purchased a crystal skull and other ethnographic artifacts from Eugène Boban, which was later donated to the Trocadéro Museum. [2]
[edit] Publications
- Carverne d'Aknañh, île d'Ounga Paris, E. Leroux 1875
- Voyage to Easter Island (in French) [1] 1877
- Vocabulario castellano-cuna Paris, E. Leroux 1890
[edit] References
- ^ Alutiiq Masks Return After 136 years. Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
- ^ Museum admits real-life Indiana Jones handed over a dud 'relic' 130 years ago. Retrieved on 2008-5-26.
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[edit] External links
- Easter Island Foundation sells an English translation of Pinart's account of his visit to Easter Island, along with those of Eugène Eyraud, Pierre Loti and Hippolyte Roussel, under the title Early Visitors to Easter Island 1864-1877.
