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gondawa, when did they come? - Coggle Diagram
gondawa
new zealand
people had to get to new zealand from the north
had to be good sailors
polynesians
antarctica
only one left
south america
india
australia
africa
new zealandia
when did they come?
clue 1/2
rats were brought to aotearoa
they showed up around 50-150 AD
rats ate land snails ( they even ate the shell)
clue 4
pollen is the yellowy powder found in flowers
sudden changes in types of pollen in different sediments layers ( these changes were shown forests were cleared by fires)
they burned the forest to make room for houses, kumara plots etc.
there might've been lighting fires just after they arrived.
clue 3
native seeds found with rat bites on them
scientists say the seeds with the bites appered only after about 1280
clue 4
mount Tarawera is in the middle the north island
in 1150 AD it exploded. (it was so big it threw volcanic ash over most of the island
no maori belongings found under the ash
maori people were not living in aotearoa, or the north island at least, before 1150.