Ka kitea ngā pārongo kei te ripanga e tohu ana ki te tau 1300 AD. E whakaae katoa ana ngā taunakitanga rerekē mō te wā tau ai te noho a te tangata ki Aotearoa. Kitea ai i te taha mauī ngā rā turuturu ai te pungarehu mai i ngā hū. Kei te taha matau ngā rā i wānangatia mai i ngā radiocarbon me ngā kai timotimo a te kiore i ngā anga me ngā kākano. Kei te taha matau rawa kitea ai te korahi me te iti o te hae i roto i ngā tau – he tohu ki te whakawāteatanga o te whenua. Ka miramira te tū mai o ētahi rā radiocarbon mō ngā kōiwi kiore (Pacific rat), i te mea he moata ēnei rā (kei te take o te ripanga). Tērā kei te hē ēnei rā, he tohu rānei ki te taenga tōmuatanga o tētahi waka i te wā 50–150 AD – me kī, e 1000 tau i mua i te wā e whakaaetia ana whānuitia ana i tae te tangata ki Aotearoa. Mēnā i tae tētahi waka ki Aotearoa i te wā 50–150 AD, tērā pea he waka mai i Kanaky, Whītī, Poronihia ki te uru rānei i tūpono te pae ki Aotearoa.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Private collection, David J. Lowe
Reference:
Lowe, D. J. and R. M. Newnham, ‘Role of tephra in dating Polynesian settlement and impact, New Zealand.’ PAGES (Past Global Changes) News 12, no. 3 (2004): 5–7.
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