Discovery and settlement of Hawaii

There is no definitive date for the Polynesian discovery of Hawaii. However, high-precision radiocarbon dating in Hawaii using chronometric hygiene analysis, and taxonomic identification selection of samples, puts the initial such settlement of the Hawaiian Islands sometime between 940-1250 C.E.,^[1] originating from earlier settlements first established in the Society Islands around 1025 to 1120 C.E.,^[2]^[3]^[4] and in the Marquesas Islands sometime between 1100 and 1200 C.E.^[5]^[6]^[7]

^ Athens, Rieth, & Dye (2014) "A Paleoenvironmental and Archaeological Model-Based Age Estimate for the Colonization of Hawai'i," American Antiquity 79(1): 144-155
^ Wilmshurst, Janet M.; Hunt, Terry L.; Lipo, Carl P.; Anderson, Atholl J. (2011). "High-precision radiocarbon dating shows recent and rapid initial human colonization of East Polynesia". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (5): 1815–1820. doi:10.1073/pnas.1015876108. PMC 3033267. PMID 21187404.
^ Burney, David A.; Kikuchi, William K. Pila (April 2006). "A Millennium of Human Activity at Makauwahi Cave, Māhāūulepū, Kauaūi". Human Ecology. 34 (2): 219–247. doi:10.1007/s10745-006-9015-3. S2CID 84458184.
^ Burney, David A.; James, Helen F.; Burney, Lida Pigott; Olson, Storrs L.; Kikuchi, William; Wagner, Warren L.; Burney, Mara; McCloskey, Deirdre; Kikuchi, Delores; Grady, Frederick V.; Gage, Reginald; Nishek, Robert (November 2001). "Fossil Evidence for a Diverse Biota from Kaua'i and its Transformation Since Human Arrival". Ecological Monographs. 71 (4): 615–641. doi:10.1890/0012-9615(2001)071[0615:FEFADB]2.0.CO;2.
^ Anderson, Atholl; Clark, Geoffrey; Conte, Eric; Sinoto, Yosikiko; Petchey, Fiona (2000). "Renewed Excavations at Motu Paeao, Maupiti Island, French Polynesia: Preliminary Results". New Zealand Journal of Archaeology. 21: 47–66. hdl:1885/62558.
^ Anderson, Atholl; Leach, Helen; Smith, Ian; Walter, Richard (April 1994). "Reconsideration of the Marquesan sequence in East Polynesian prehistory, with particular reference to Hane (MUH1)". Archaeology in Oceania. 29 (1): 29–52. doi:10.1002/arco.1994.29.1.29. JSTOR 40386980.
^ Conte, Eric; Anderson, Atholl (2003). "Radiocarbon Ages for Two Sites on Ua Huka, Marquesas". Asian Perspectives. 42 (1): 155–160. doi:10.1353/asi.2003.0018. hdl:10125/17184. JSTOR 42929209. Gale A104362981 Project MUSE 42533 ProQuest 199455609.

[1] Athens, Rieth, & Dye (2014) "A Paleoenvironmental and Archaeological Model-Based Age Estimate for the Colonization of Hawai'i," American Antiquity 79(1): 144-155

[2] Wilmshurst, Janet M.; Hunt, Terry L.; Lipo, Carl P.; Anderson, Atholl J. (2011). "High-precision radiocarbon dating shows recent and rapid initial human colonization of East Polynesia". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (5): 1815–1820. doi:10.1073/pnas.1015876108. PMC 3033267. PMID 21187404.

[3] Burney, David A.; Kikuchi, William K. Pila (April 2006). "A Millennium of Human Activity at Makauwahi Cave, Māhāūulepū, Kauaūi". Human Ecology. 34 (2): 219–247. doi:10.1007/s10745-006-9015-3. S2CID 84458184.

[4] Burney, David A.; James, Helen F.; Burney, Lida Pigott; Olson, Storrs L.; Kikuchi, William; Wagner, Warren L.; Burney, Mara; McCloskey, Deirdre; Kikuchi, Delores; Grady, Frederick V.; Gage, Reginald; Nishek, Robert (November 2001). "Fossil Evidence for a Diverse Biota from Kaua'i and its Transformation Since Human Arrival". Ecological Monographs. 71 (4): 615–641. doi:10.1890/0012-9615(2001)071[0615:FEFADB]2.0.CO;2.

[5] Anderson, Atholl; Clark, Geoffrey; Conte, Eric; Sinoto, Yosikiko; Petchey, Fiona (2000). "Renewed Excavations at Motu Paeao, Maupiti Island, French Polynesia: Preliminary Results". New Zealand Journal of Archaeology. 21: 47–66. hdl:1885/62558.

[6] Anderson, Atholl; Leach, Helen; Smith, Ian; Walter, Richard (April 1994). "Reconsideration of the Marquesan sequence in East Polynesian prehistory, with particular reference to Hane (MUH1)". Archaeology in Oceania. 29 (1): 29–52. doi:10.1002/arco.1994.29.1.29. JSTOR 40386980.

[7] Conte, Eric; Anderson, Atholl (2003). "Radiocarbon Ages for Two Sites on Ua Huka, Marquesas". Asian Perspectives. 42 (1): 155–160. doi:10.1353/asi.2003.0018. hdl:10125/17184. JSTOR 42929209. Gale A104362981 Project MUSE 42533 ProQuest 199455609.

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