This monograph is a review of the present state of knowledge of the relationships and consequences of over 25 centuries of interactions between the Amerindian and Asean Circum-Pacific regions. A fascinating, special case of previous work by two Asianists on similar themes of the Euro-Asian Continental land mass, providing the theoretical framework within which the complexities of cultural cross-pattern are studied.The subjects dicussed individually begin with the elements of recording and writing, continuing through the arts, religion, folklore and an eventual examination of the natural sciences and technology. There is also a discussion in this context of evidence from and the relevance of ethno-botany, ethno-zoology and ethno-helminthology.The underlying thesis of this volume is the relative independence and powerfully original development and evolution of Amerindian cultures and societies in Central and South America.Contents:IntroductionTheoretical ConsiderationsRecording and WritingArtistic ElementsArt, Architecture and MusicReligion, Myth and FolkloreNatural PhilosophyCosmology and Calendrical AstronomyTechnologyEthno-Botany, Ethno-Zoology and Ethno-HelminthologyConcluding RemarksReadership: Everyone.Key Features: Consists of thousands of pages of articles written by internationally recognized experts in the field along with thousands of relevant literature citations Biological and medical relevance of porphyrins is linked to their chemical, physical and structural features Vast array of information on porphyrin science consolidated into an up-to-date multi-volume series of clear and concise coverage, including hundreds of figures, tables and structural formulas Of interest to chemists, physicists, material scientists, polymer scientists, spectroscopists, electrochemists, electronics and photonics engineers, biochemists, biophysicists, medicinal chemists and clinicians