MIGRATIONS &SETTLEMENT
MIGRATION
• Circa 1600-1200 B.C. Lapita culture spread from Papua New Guinea in Melanesia as far east as Fiji, Sāmoa & Tonga
• Circa 300 B.C., seafarers from Sāmoa and Tonga discovered and settled islands to the east (Cook Islands, Tahiti, Tuamotu, Marquesas)
• Circa 300 A.D., voyagers from central or eastern Polynesia discovered and settled Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
• Circa 400 A.D., voyagers from the Cook Islands, Tahiti and/or Marquesas settled Hawai`i
• Circa 1000 A.D., voyagers from the Society and/or Cook Islands settled Aotearoa (New Zealand)
MIGRATIONS & SETTLEMENT
• Migration theories are tested through:– Science
– Linguistics
– Genealogies/oral traditions
SCIENCE
• Radio-carbon dating of charcoal
• Archaeological findings– Lapita
LINGUISTICS
• The scientific study of language and its structure, including the study of morphology, syntax, phonetics, and semantics.
GENEALOGIES & ORAL TRADITIONS
• Menehune
• Hawai`inui
• Hawai`iloa
• Sequence of migrations from Tahiti– Kapawa led the first
– Pā`ao & Makuakaumana follwed
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WAYFINDING
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