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Re: Traditional Polynesian 'location indicators'
From: Trevor Kenchington
Date: 2004 Feb 22, 08:58 +0000
From: Trevor Kenchington
Date: 2004 Feb 22, 08:58 +0000
George,
Your argument could explain the process of discovery and settlement of
Pacific island groups but it ignores the extensive two-way inter-island
communication which (I understand) continued after settlement of many
(not all) groups -- though not generally right through to the time of
European contact.
Trevor Kenchington
You wrote:
> I have ended up somewhat sceptical of claims of the superb ocean-navigating
> skills of the Polynesian peoples (or the other Pacific-island societies).
> But that is entirely on the basis of secondhand learning (and a sceptical
> nature), and my mind is open to being convinced otherwise.
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