Construction, diffusion, and archaeological traces of Polynesian double-hulled canoes (c. 500 BCE–1700 CE)

1. Lapita seafarers spread into western Polynesia

   Jan 1, 1000 BCELabels: Lapita people, Fiji Tonga

   • Britannica
   • Te Ara

2. Lapita pottery traditions fade in Tonga

   Jan 1, 500 BCELabels: Tonga, Lapita ceramics

   • Britannica
   • Lapita Wiki

3. Canoe technology enables a long “pause” then leap

   Jan 1, 900Labels: Canoe technology, Ocean voyaging

   • PNAS 2011

4. Society Islands settled in first East Polynesia wave

   Jan 1, 1025Labels: Society Islands, East Polynesia

   • PNAS 2011
   • Society Wiki

5. Rapid pulse of settlement across East Polynesia

   Jan 1, 1190Labels: East Polynesia, Dispersal pulse

   • PNAS 2011
   • PNAS full

6. Rapa Nui colonized later than once believed

   Jan 1, 1200Labels: Rapa Nui, Radiocarbon chronology

   • Science 2006
   • Cambridge Core

7. Aotearoa/New Zealand permanently settled by Polynesians

   Jan 1, 1300Labels: Aotearoa New, Polynesian settlers

   • Te Ara

8. Anaweka canoe find preserves complex composite hull

   Jan 1, 1400Labels: Anaweka canoe, Composite hull

   • PNAS canoe

9. Traditional navigation documented before revival efforts

   Jan 1, 1972Labels: David Lewis, Traditional navigation

   • ANU Press
   • UH Press

10. Polynesian Voyaging Society founded to test voyaging

    Jan 1, 1973Labels: Polynesian Voyaging, Institution

    • PVS Voyages
    • PVS Wiki

11. Hōkūleʻa launched as double-hulled voyaging canoe replica

    Mar 8, 1975Labels: H k, Voyaging replica

    • PVS Voyages
    • Hokulea Wiki

12. Instrument-free Hawaiʻi–Tahiti voyage demonstrates capability

    Jun 3, 1976Labels: H k, Mau Piailug

    • PVS Wiki
    • UH M lamalama