Samoan Islands,Samoa- a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific midway between Hawaii and Australia; its climate and scenery and Polynesian culture make it a popular tourist stop Friendly Islands,Kingdom of Tonga,Tonga- a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved...
Humans, climate or introduced rats – which is to blame for the woodland destruction on prehistoric Rapa Nui (Easter Island)? When the first Polynesian settlers arrived on Rapa Nui, about 70% of the island was covered with dense woodland in which The results of our investigations ... A Miet...
Hawaiian, any of the aboriginal people of Hawaii, descendants of Polynesians who migrated to Hawaii in two waves: the first from the Marquesas Islands, probably about ad 400; the second from Tahiti in the 9th or 10th century. Numbering about 300,000 at t
Hawaii - Polynesian, Multicultural, Aloha: Most anthropologists believe that the original settlement of Hawaii was by Polynesians who migrated northwest from the Marquesas Islands between the 4th and 7th centuries ce, to be followed by a second wave of i
The Polynesian Family System in Ka-‘u, Hawaii. VII. Traditional manners and customs, and the social order. J. Polyn. Soc. 1953, 62, 295–341. [Google Scholar] Medeiros, A.C.; Loope, L.L. Rare Animals and Plants of Haleakalā National Park; Hawaii Natural History Association: Maui,...
Poultry bones from Chile appear to show that Polynesians introduced chickens to South America prior to the arrival of Columbus, though some scientists have disputed these findings. Meanwhile, other researchers analyzing skulls on a Chilean island found them to be “very Polynesian in shape and form...
Hawaii - Polynesian, US Territory, 50th State: The first inhabitants of Hawaii may have reached the islands as early as 300 ce from the Marquesas Islands. Contact with and settlement by Tahitians began in the 9th century ce. Powerful classes of chiefs an
Easter Island(Rapa Nui) is theanomalyof the region. The aboriginal population was so decimated by European-introduced diseases and by slavers in the 1860s that it almost became extinct. In 1888 the island was annexed by Chile; its people are now the only Pacific islanders controlled by a Lat...
The aboriginal population was so decimated by European-introduced diseases and by slavers in the 1860s that it almost became extinct. In 1888 the island was annexed by Chile; its people are now the only Pacific islanders controlled by a Latin American power. Little remains of Easter Island’s...
The ukulele, so closely connected with this almost entirely Western style of singing, is a local version of the Portuguese bragha, a small guitar imported to Hawaii about 1879. The Hawaiian, or steel, guitar is a metal-stringed adaptation of the European instrument that is played by stopping...