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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