people of the pacific islands Flashcards
where?
Bismarck and Soloman island groups east of New Guinea
austronesian migrations to Polynesia
sailing easily to Bismarck and Soloman (maybe for trade)
- Vanuatu
- New Caledonia
- Fiji
- Tahiti
- Marquesas
- Polynesia
- Hawaii
- Easter island
- New Zealand
Austronesian migrations of Micronesian ad Madagascar
another branch went off from Polynesia to different directions
- From the Philippines to Micronesia
- Mariana
- Caroline
- Marshall
- Madagascar (malagasy language)
the earliest Austronesian migrants to sail out into the pacific Ocean to establish settlements
Lapita people
wherever they settled, Lapita people started
agricultural villages and introduced crops
-killed off a lot of large land animals and birds there
Lapita agricultural settlements
self sufficient
-however they placed high value on foreign goods
what happened to Lapita trade networks
fell into disuse b/c
-many Lapita settlements grew large enough to get their own needs taken care of and focus on development of their own villages
political organization
LApita and Austronesian people established hierarchal chiefdoms
- leadership went from chief to eldest son
- near relative made up an aristocracy
when there was tension and turmoil from power
people just made canoes and migrates somewhere else
