Small farming units in some areas, other areas maintain a hunter-gather lifestyle. Dependent on enviromental factors. Some display complex development of ritual.
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What happened when it became occupied?
Once occupied, some of the smaller islands develop with little or no outside contact (Easter Island). All changed with European discovery.
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Civilisation Checklist: Cities?
No!
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Civilisation Checklist: Agriculture?
Yes!
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Civilisation Checklist: Art?
Yes!
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Civilisation Checklist: Hierarchal Society?
Yes!
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Civilisation Checklist: Money?
No!
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Civilisation Checklist: Writing?
Easter Island? Rongorongo = chants or recitations. Questioned whether it was present before first Europeans in 1722.
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Civilisation Checklist: State Religion?
Possibly.
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What are the modern day cultural groupings?
Aborigines = Australia. Polynesians = Polynesia. Maori = New Zealand.
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What was the Australisian settlement like?
Lake side shell middens. Cave sites with occupational debris. Flint tools. Some caves occupied for thousands of years.
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What are the key charcteristics of Australia?
Extensive trade routes from 1000 AD. Didn't develop full scale agriculture.
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What was Australisian burial like?
Early burials had bodies placed in a shaft hole accompinied by ornaments.
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What were the key characteristics of Polynesia?
Last area of the world to be colonised. Population linked back through language and genetics to early people of eastern New Guinea.
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What caused the decline of Easter Island?
Violence became endemic. Hugh amounts of spears made. Deforestation on a large scale causing soil erosion. Warfare ensued and statues toppled. Appearence of the birdman cult.
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What were the key characteristics of New Zealand?
Agriculture impossible in South Island due to climate. Settlement concentrated on North Island. Status items showed the rank and social standing of the owner.
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What were the sites like in New Zealand?
Fortified sites known as pa. Some built on hillsides, others located on promontaories. Late 18th century accounts record house, storehouses around central open spaces and culvitation plot.
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What happened when it became occupied?
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Once occupied, some of the smaller islands develop with little or no outside contact (Easter Island). All changed with European discovery.
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