the history and culture of easter island is most closely tied to polynesian people.
the history and culture of easter island is most closely tied to?
polynesian people
māori cultural history is inextricably tied into the culture of polynesia as a whole. new zealand is the southwestern corner of the polynesian triangle, a region of the pacific ocean with three island groups at its corners: hawaiian islands, rapa nui (easter island), and new zealand (aotearoa in māori). the many island cultures within the polynesian triangle share similar languages derived from a proto-malayo-polynesian language used in southeastern asia 5,000 years ago. polynesians also share cultural traditions such as religion, social organisation, myths, and material culture. anthropologists believe that all polynesians have descended from a south pacific proto-culture created by an austronesian (malayo-polynesian) people that had migrated from southeastern asia. the other main polynesian cultures are rapa nui (now known as easter island), hawaii, marquesas, samoa, tahiti, tonga, and cook islands. over the last five millennia, a sequence of complicated and remarkable transoceanic treks were performed in an unprecedented accomplishment of navigation and curiosity. the final segments of these feats were across extreme and unmatched distances: to hawaii, rapa nui, and aotearoa.
māori culture
bullet::::- katherine routledge (1919) "the mystery of easter island"





























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bullet::::- splendid isolation: art of easter island, an exhibition catalog from the metropolitan museum of art (fully available online as pdf), which contains material on ahu tongariki





























bullet::::- ahu tongariki restoration project





























bullet::::- unofficial easter island homepage





























bullet::::- easter island statue project





























bullet::::- how to make walking moai: a hypothesis about how moai were transported





























bullet::::- czech who made moai statues walk returns to easter island 





























bullet::::- history of easter island stones





























bullet::::- easter island - moai statue scale





























bullet::::- university of chile
ahu tongariki