Original Polynesian Migration possibly from China! Read on! - General Tiki

C christiki295 Member LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is Joined: Apr 09, 2003 Posts: 3837	C christiki295 Posted posted on Fri, May 28, 2004 5:18 PM Interesting theory which may add onto the currently traditional theory, as set forth in the article: "The mainstream theory, not accepted by all archaeologists, is that a seafaring Austronesian culture called the Lapita, the nearest ancestors of Polynesians, set out from the Bismark Archipelago about 3,500 years ago. One stream island-hopped south to the Solomon Islands, another sailed east until they reached Samoa, Tonga and Fiji. Here, on the edge of deep ocean space, distances between islands exceeded their sailing technology. They eventually lost contact with their origins. It was here that they became Polynesians. Polynesian gods and language and technology evolved, possibly the double-hulled voyaging canoes that took them to the most far flung Pacific islands." PS - what area is the "Bismark Archipelago?"

Interesting theory which may add onto the currently traditional theory, as set forth in the article:

"The mainstream theory, not accepted by all archaeologists, is that a seafaring Austronesian culture called the Lapita, the nearest ancestors of Polynesians, set out from the Bismark Archipelago about 3,500 years ago. One stream island-hopped south to the Solomon Islands, another sailed east until they reached Samoa, Tonga and Fiji.

Here, on the edge of deep ocean space, distances between islands exceeded their sailing technology. They eventually lost contact with their origins. It was here that they became Polynesians. Polynesian gods and language and technology evolved, possibly the double-hulled voyaging canoes that took them to the most far flung Pacific islands."

PS - what area is the "Bismark Archipelago?"

Post #93390 by christiki295 on Fri, May 28, 2004 5:18 PM