tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703878848921525344.post7461375242663684606..comments2023-06-20T07:39:42.436-06:00Comments on Anthropologist in the Attic: Tonga's Nukuleka, the birth place of PolynesiaC'est Moi - Selinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12069309232484921279noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703878848921525344.post-42614439383537868462013-07-07T10:59:53.846-06:002013-07-07T10:59:53.846-06:00The Polynesian islands were settled from Western P...The Polynesian islands were settled from Western Polynesia to Eastern Polynesia as indicated via carbon dating and periods of island settlements ( Lapita pottery ). Early Polynesians migrated from the Samoan islands settled in 2000-500BC to Marquesas 100AD to Tahiti 300AD to Hawaii 500AD. Then upon return voyages from the east into the west, these Polynesians settled Aotearoa 800-1000AD from the Cook Islands. Inblognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376998648524021505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703878848921525344.post-11188155103736538182013-07-07T10:58:01.067-06:002013-07-07T10:58:01.067-06:00The Polynesian islands were settled from Western P...The Polynesian islands were settled from Western Polynesia to Eastern Polynesia as indicated via carbon dating and periods of island settlements ( Lapita pottery ). Early Polynesians migrated from the Samoan islands settled in 2000-500BC to Marquesas 100AD to Tahiti 300AD to Hawaii 500AD. Then upon return voyages from the east into the west, these Polynesians settled Aotearoa 800-1000AD from the Cook Islands. <br /> <br />Sister islands found in SAMOA, TAHITI and HAWAII are as following: Upolu and Savaii in Samoa 2000-500BC, Uporu and Havaii in Tahiti 300AD now called Taha'a and Raiatea, and finally Upolu on Hawaii and Hamoa, Maui in Hawaii 500AD. This was a recreation of their sister island homes in SAMOA as the children of Savaii settled new lands in the east from Western Polynesia. <br /><br />The Samoan word Tonga means "South." Rarotonga (cook islands) "lower south"Inblognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376998648524021505noreply@blogger.com