The Study of the Ancient Past of the Americas in the Twentieth Century

During the first half of the twentieth century, a growing interest in Araucanian, AndeanAndean, IncaInca (and pre-Inca), and MesoamericanMesoamerica(n) archaeologyArchaeology (also archaeological), anthropologyAnthropology (also anthropological), linguisticsLinguistic(s) (including language(s)), and the cultural heritage of these regions merged with similar interest for OceanicOceania (also Oceanian) regions. Scholars like Paul RivetRivet, Paul and José ImbelloniImbelloni, José, first mentioned in Chapter 5 in relation to their involvement with the ICAInternational Congress of Americanists (ICA), seriously considered the possibility of pre-ColumbianColumbus, Christopherpre-Columbian contact between these areas.