HWST 107 Exam 1 Questions and Answers Fully Solved Graded A+
*UNIT 1* - Answers *Navigators*
Mau Piailug - Answers - taught the art of teaching non instructional migration
- asked by polynesian voyaging society to help the hawaiians rediscover their voyaging origins
- home waters in micronesia
- satawal island
- learned from his father and grandfather
- become po: initiated in both magic and navigation
- men who can't navigate aren't looked up to, don't have a name
Functions of navigator - Answers - navigate, survival of people of boat
- show what ancestors did, pass on tradition
- makes all the decisions
Island of Free Lunch - Answers - west fayu
- go there to catch fish because they cannot catch too much where they live
- belongs to satawal
- need permission to go here
- can catch 4x the amount they would usually get
Evidence for movement out of South East asia - Answers - lapita pottery (mainly), taro, and sweet potato
Hōkūleʻa - Answers - double whole vessel, named after constellation above hawaii
- canoe of ancient design built with modern materials built to show that people can navigate through
purposeful migration
Star compass - Answers - direction, celestial beings
*UNIT 1- P2* - Answers *Origins lecture*
What are the theories of migration into the Pacific - Answers - drift theory: by thor heyerdahl, originated
from south america, based on evidence of sweet potato bc it is indigenous to south american and not
the oceanic region, testing his theory he basically crashes into tuamotu islands, problematic as cannot
drift farther than tuamotu islands effectively
, - way-finding/purposeful navigation: non instrumental navigation
How many migrations were there into the Pacific - Answers 2
Sahul - Answers - non-austronesians moved to here
Sunda shelf - Answers - non-austronesians originated from here
Climatic changes - Answers - sea levels rise
- fire caves of naumaga: large house under the sea found an underwater cave more than 40 metros
down the wall of a coral cliff
*period of glaciation locked away huge volumes of water, sea level to fluctuate 20-45 meters lower than
at present
Cradle of Polynesian civilization - Answers - tonga and samoa
- there 1,000 years
Points of the Polynesian triangle - Answers - north point: hawaii
- west point: aotearoa
- east point: raps nui or easter island
Evidence for the various theories of migration - Answers - drift theory: sweet potato
- way-finding/purposeful navigation: lapita pottery shows movement eastward out of south east asia,
obsidian was purposefully traded for over 700 years, common language and culture, yoshi sinotos
findings on island go huahine suggesting a production site of goods for trade, molokai contained similar
artifacts found at huahine
Austronesian - Answers - second, more extensive migration into oceania
- language group
- originated fout of south east asia
- occurred between 3,000 to 6,000 years ago
- movement aided by 3 technologies:
*navigate by stars, wind, and ocean currents
*vessel capable of deep ocean voyaging
*lapita pottery which aided with transporting food and water
*UNIT 1* - Answers *Navigators*
Mau Piailug - Answers - taught the art of teaching non instructional migration
- asked by polynesian voyaging society to help the hawaiians rediscover their voyaging origins
- home waters in micronesia
- satawal island
- learned from his father and grandfather
- become po: initiated in both magic and navigation
- men who can't navigate aren't looked up to, don't have a name
Functions of navigator - Answers - navigate, survival of people of boat
- show what ancestors did, pass on tradition
- makes all the decisions
Island of Free Lunch - Answers - west fayu
- go there to catch fish because they cannot catch too much where they live
- belongs to satawal
- need permission to go here
- can catch 4x the amount they would usually get
Evidence for movement out of South East asia - Answers - lapita pottery (mainly), taro, and sweet potato
Hōkūleʻa - Answers - double whole vessel, named after constellation above hawaii
- canoe of ancient design built with modern materials built to show that people can navigate through
purposeful migration
Star compass - Answers - direction, celestial beings
*UNIT 1- P2* - Answers *Origins lecture*
What are the theories of migration into the Pacific - Answers - drift theory: by thor heyerdahl, originated
from south america, based on evidence of sweet potato bc it is indigenous to south american and not
the oceanic region, testing his theory he basically crashes into tuamotu islands, problematic as cannot
drift farther than tuamotu islands effectively
, - way-finding/purposeful navigation: non instrumental navigation
How many migrations were there into the Pacific - Answers 2
Sahul - Answers - non-austronesians moved to here
Sunda shelf - Answers - non-austronesians originated from here
Climatic changes - Answers - sea levels rise
- fire caves of naumaga: large house under the sea found an underwater cave more than 40 metros
down the wall of a coral cliff
*period of glaciation locked away huge volumes of water, sea level to fluctuate 20-45 meters lower than
at present
Cradle of Polynesian civilization - Answers - tonga and samoa
- there 1,000 years
Points of the Polynesian triangle - Answers - north point: hawaii
- west point: aotearoa
- east point: raps nui or easter island
Evidence for the various theories of migration - Answers - drift theory: sweet potato
- way-finding/purposeful navigation: lapita pottery shows movement eastward out of south east asia,
obsidian was purposefully traded for over 700 years, common language and culture, yoshi sinotos
findings on island go huahine suggesting a production site of goods for trade, molokai contained similar
artifacts found at huahine
Austronesian - Answers - second, more extensive migration into oceania
- language group
- originated fout of south east asia
- occurred between 3,000 to 6,000 years ago
- movement aided by 3 technologies:
*navigate by stars, wind, and ocean currents
*vessel capable of deep ocean voyaging
*lapita pottery which aided with transporting food and water
