臺灣的航海帆筏及其起源

FORMOSAN SEA－GOING RAFT AND ITS ORIGIN IN ANGIENT CHINA

近年以來研究人類學的美洲專家（Americanist）有一新的趨勢，他們對於各自專門研究地區的民族文化以外，而於文化史的基本問題，即文化的起源與發展的過程亦發生興趣。如1949年國際美洲專家會議（The International Congress of Americanists）在紐約舉行會議時，提出有關亞美兩洲文化關係（cultural connection between Asia and pre－Columbian American）的論文十餘篇；

In the last decade there was a growing trend aomong Americanists to become interested in the basic roblems of cultural history，i.e., the processes of the origin and growth of culture in general，in addition to the study of the peoples and cultures in their specialized areas. For instance，in the meetings of the International Congress of Americanists held in 1949 at New York, over ten papers on the cultural connection between Asia and the pre－Columbian America were presented.