Title on Photograph: THE PACIFIC 500 BN - AD 600. THE EXPANSION OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT, 500 BC - AD 600.
Material: MAP
Comments on Photo: IMAGE FROM: ONIANS, JOHN (2004), ATLAS OF WORLD ART. LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD. MAP 1, PAGE 92.
Comments on Subject: THE SETTLING OF POLYNESIA. THE WESTERN BASE OF POLYNESIAN CULTURE IN THE TONGAN AND AMOAN ARCHIPELAGOS WAS FIRMLY ESTABLISHED BY ABOUT 300 BC. AN EASTWARD MIGRATIONOF POLYNESIANS, STARTING ABOUT 200 BC, BROUGHT HUMAN POPULATIONS FIRST TO THE SOCIETY ISLANDS AND THE MARQUESAS, THEN BY ABOUT AD 300 AS FAR AS EASTER ISLAND. POLYNESIANS MIGRATED NORTH TO THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IN ABOUT AD 400. EVIDENCE OF CERAMICS AND WOOD CARVING IS NOT FOUND IN THESE NEWLY SETTLED ISLANDS UNTIL LATER CENTURIES.
