The Polynesian Voyaging Canoe: The Regionalization of Seafaring Technologies

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorRanney, Kristopher Elias
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-15T17:19:06Z
dc.date.available2018-12-15T17:19:06Z
dc.date.issued2018-03
dc.description79 pages. Presented to the Department of History and the Robert D. Clark Honors College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts March 2018
dc.description.abstractScholars in the field of Oceanic archeology and anthropology have radically altered the accepted narrative of human habitation of the Polynesian islands in recent years, emphasizing a rapid expansion of territory along with some evidence of trade and cultural exchange. This indicates a sophisticated seafaring culture, capable of maintaining contact between island groups for several hundred years after the initial dispersal. The canoes of Polynesia have thus been reexamined in terms of utility and complexity, but no dedicated effort has been adequately made to examine the regional derivative canoe designs against the various proposed prehistoric voyaging canoes, nor has there been an effort of backward analysis from those designs. By examining historic sources describing the canoes used at the time of European contact along with other datasets, the evolution of their design can be better understood. This is given with consideration of the ecological and cultural realities specific to the region, which in turn grants a clearer picture of the original Polynesian voyaging canoe.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/24077
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US
dc.subjectHistoryen_US
dc.subjectArchaeologyen_US
dc.subjectRegionalizationen_US
dc.subjectCanoeen_US
dc.subjectPolynesiaen_US
dc.subjectBoaten_US
dc.subjectColonizationen_US
dc.subjectTechnologyen_US
dc.titleThe Polynesian Voyaging Canoe: The Regionalization of Seafaring Technologies
dc.typeThesis/Dissertation

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Final Thesis-Ranney K.pdf
Size:
1.94 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

Clark Honors College Theses