03-23-2024, 03:13 PM
(03-23-2024, 09:18 AM)quintessentone Wrote: How do they know there was contact between the different peoples and not that the seeds of those crops arrived on Easter Island by travel by sea - as coconut seeds do? I mean is all they are basing that assumption on is the remains on the blade? I would have thought any contact between peoples of different regions of the world would include trade of goods (?) and intermarriage (?) and a blend of customs/cooking (?)
https://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/202...%20buoyant.
I can't really answer that question, and I do see the 'assumptive' nature of the assertions. I suspect there are probably elements of "both." Perhaps Rapa Nui inhabitants came and went over time, some may have experienced some manner of contact with South America, and some with the islands to the west, but each group was ignorant of the knowledge of the others. (But that's me just 'winging it' as I have no training in the broader subject.)
I just thought it was interesting as an academic idea. I only mean to promote the theory's explanation, not the theory itself.
