Migration Theories
Two-way, deliberate voyage
One-way drift theory
Reasons for voyage
Canoes
European sightings
Tools and Weapons
Plants and animals
Navigation skills
Reasons for voyage
Present day navigators
Canoes
Computer studies
Food
Navigation skills
No maps
No instruments to navigate with
Fishermen blown off course
Outcasts driven out to sea
canoes not strong enough for long voyage
But can hold together when sailing
Polynesians have been found off course
Found boats wrecked on small islands
No one followed early settlers with tools and weapons
Carried all over polynesia the same as humans are