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Anniversary book: Thor Heyerdahl`s Kon-Tiki in new light (2014)
On the occasion of Thor Heyerdahl`s 100th birthday the Institute initiated and funded an anniversary book about Thor Heyerdahl`s most famous expedition: the Kon-Tiki expedition. In the book, internationally recognised researchers from different disciplines confront the theories underlying the Kon-Tiki expedition.
Thor Heyerdahl`s theories challenged science, and the authors of the book have taken up that challenge. A broad interdisciplinary group of internationally recognised researchers discuss the ideas behind Kon-Tiki in the light of contemporary knowledge. New findings show that there was contact between Polynesia and South America, but does this strengthen or weaken the Kon-Tiki theory?
The book was edited by Dr. Ingjerd Hoem, former chair of the Kon-Tiki Museum and professor in social anthropology at the University of Oslo.