Comments on: History | In hard stone, ancient ball-playing exploits remain http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/03/history-in-hard-stone-ancient-ball-playing-exploits-remain/ Soccer as a second language Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:52:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/03/history-in-hard-stone-ancient-ball-playing-exploits-remain/comment-page-1/#comment-63060 John Turnbull Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:16:51 +0000 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=405#comment-63060 It's a very interesting question. <strong>David Goldblatt</strong> does not deal with <em>ki-o-rahi</em> in his section on football's prehistory. I have a copy of <strong>Thor Heyerdahl</strong>'s <em>American Indians in the Pacific</em>, first published in 1952. He suggests a link between Maori cultures and the Native Americans and First Nations of the Northwest coast. But Heyerdahl does not appear to address games in these cultures. It’s a very interesting question. David Goldblatt does not deal with ki-o-rahi in his section on football’s prehistory. I have a copy of Thor Heyerdahl‘s American Indians in the Pacific, first published in 1952. He suggests a link between Maori cultures and the Native Americans and First Nations of the Northwest coast. But Heyerdahl does not appear to address games in these cultures.

]]> By: Corey http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/03/history-in-hard-stone-ancient-ball-playing-exploits-remain/comment-page-1/#comment-62598 Corey Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:57:35 +0000 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=405#comment-62598 I have a question about the history of ball games which is related to above article. The Maori have an ancient ball game, called <a href="http://history-nz.org/kiorahi.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>ki-o-rahi</em></a> today, which is very old and was brought to New Zealand by the first Polynesian seafarers some one thousand years ago. Since these original Pacific Island settlers also had the kumara and chicken, which they attained from the Americas, could their ball games also have been derived from the Americas? I have a question about the history of ball games which is related to above article.

The Maori have an ancient ball game, called ki-o-rahi today, which is very old and was brought to New Zealand by the first Polynesian seafarers some one thousand years ago.

Since these original Pacific Island settlers also had the kumara and chicken, which they attained from the Americas, could their ball games also have been derived from the Americas?

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