East Polynesian settlement of Hawaiʻi (c. 900–1300 CE)

1. Alternative model proposes East Polynesian dispersal from ~900

   Jan 1, 900Labels: Southern Cook, East Polynesia

   • PNAS Nexus

2. Mauna Kea adze quarry in use by 1000 CE

   Jan 1, 1000Labels: Mauna Kea, Island of

   • NPS

3. Earliest sustained settlement in Society Islands

   Jan 1, 1025Labels: Society Islands, East Polynesia

   • PNAS

4. Rapid dispersal pulse into remote East Polynesia begins

   Jan 1, 1190Labels: East Polynesia, 13th-century Pulse

   • PNAS

5. Initial settlement window modeled for Hawaiian archipelago

   Jan 1, 1219Labels: Hawaiian Archipelago, Settlement Model

   • PNAS

6. Best-estimate initial colonization of Hawaiʻi Island

   Jan 1, 1220Labels: Hawai i, Radiocarbon Compilation

   • JAS

7. Kohala (Hawaiʻi) early settlement evidence dated 1259–1390

   Jan 1, 1259Labels: Kohala Polol, Hawai i

   • OSU Field

8. Sweet potato remains dated in Hawaiʻi by ~1300

   Jan 1, 1300Labels: Sweet Potato, Hawai i

   • JPS summary

9. Mauna Kea adze quarry becomes more intensively used

   Jan 1, 1400Labels: Mauna Kea, U S

   • NPS

10. ʻAlekoko fishpond constructed (estimated 15th century)

    Jan 1, 1400Labels: Alekoko Fishpond, Kaua i

    • Wikipedia

11. High-precision dating reframes “short chronology” for Hawaiʻi

    Dec 27, 2010Labels: High-precision Dating, East Polynesia

    • PNAS

12. Large Hawaiʻi Island radiocarbon reassessment supports 13th-century start

    Oct 1, 2011Labels: Hawai i, Radiocarbon Study

    • JAS