For 10 points, name this Norwegian ethnologist who sailed thousands of miles on board his raft, the Kontiki.
This man's discovery of pollen samples near crater lakes lent credence to the three-epoch model of the history of Easter Island, which he suggested was the original island to bear the name "rapa." This man was accused of racism after he visited the rock carvings at the Azerbaijani site of Gobustan and concluded that the Aesir originated from there. This man documented the success of a (*) papyrus construction in his work The Ra Expeditions. This man directed an Academy Award-winning documentary based on his most famous feat, which was named for the Incan sun god and sought to prove plausible contact between South America and Polynesia. For 10 points, name this Norwegian ethnologist who sailed thousands of miles on board his raft, the Kontiki.
This man's discovery of pollen samples near crater lakes lent credence to the three-epoch model of the history of Easter Island, which he suggested was the original island to bear the name "rapa.
Thor Heyerdahl