<P> Ancient Hawai ʻi is the period of Hawaiian human history preceding the unification in 1810 of the Kingdom of Hawai ʻi by Kamehameha the Great . Researchers had based their estimates of first settlement by Polynesian long - distance navigators from French Polynesia , Tahiti , the Tuamotus and the Samoan Islands sporadically between 300 and 800 . In 2010 , a study was published based on radiocarbon dating of more reliable samples and it suggests that the islands were settled much later , within a short timeframe , in c. 1219 -- 1266 . </P>
<P> Ancient Hawai ʻi is the period of Hawaiian human history preceding the unification in 1810 of the Kingdom of Hawai ʻi by Kamehameha the Great . Researchers had based their estimates of first settlement by Polynesian long - distance navigators from French Polynesia , Tahiti , the Tuamotus and the Samoan Islands sporadically between 300 and 800 . In 2010 , a study was published based on radiocarbon dating of more reliable samples and it suggests that the islands were settled much later , within a short timeframe , in c. 1219 -- 1266 . </P>
where did the first settlers of hawaii come from
where did the first settlers of hawaii come from
Polynesian long - distance navigators from French Polynesia Tahiti the Tuamotus the Samoan Islands
Polynesian long - distance navigators from French Polynesia Tahiti the Tuamotus the Samoan Islands