Documenting the scale, frequency and temporal duration of interaction is fundamental to understanding the evolution and transformation of prehistoric societies, and recent geochemical analyses of stone tools in Polynesia are challenging long-held belief http://www.otago.ac.nz/Anthropology/Pacific/interaction/interaction.html
Most islands of Polynesia were settled by A. D. 1000, and inter-island voyaging was a vital link sustaining small populations on isolated landfalls. More than a dozen ecologically-marginal islands found throughout the eastern Pacific have records of pre http://www.otago.ac.nz/Anthropology/Pacific/marginal/marginframe.html
A gallery of tribal art and artifacts from the South Pacific. Including a library of over 1000 related rare and out of print books. http://www.OceanicArts.com
An exposition of the Art and Artists in Polynesia, including photography, dance, sculpture, painting and creativity of all kinds http://www4.50megs.com/tahitilink
In the Pacific today, although some Islanders have abandoned its use, its traditional functions are being maintained and it is being developed into an important cash crop. http://www.prairienet.org/~kagan/intro.htm
