ANTH 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Axis Mundi, Primogeniture, Polynesian Voyaging Society
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Took magellan 38 days to round the horn (southern tip of south america) 4 months on the water missed every populated island group in the pacific. Landed in cebu (philippians) bypassed an entire civilization. First contact of polynesians in 1595 alvaro de mendana de neira came upon an archipelago of ten volcanic islands. Marquis of canete comprised most isolated island group in the world home to 300 000. Te he(cid:374)ua, te e(cid:374)ata (cid:862)the la(cid:374)d of (cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:863) Marquesans considered their islands to be the end of the world last stop on a mythical journey ancestors along wind waves from the west. Every human is descendant of tiki the first human. Each clan came out of the setting sun beyond the east were the lands of the afterworld; spirit would depart the body hence the spainards were seen as demons. Their wealth was material: true wealth found in prestige, the white atua - strangers.
