Packet 8: Tossup 6

Description acceptable. This long-term process was led by a “restless urge” according to a non-philosopher David Lewis. Over time, participants in this process (15[1])ceased making a style of dentate pottery found at a type site whose name just means “the place where one digs.” (-5[1])The “entangled bank” model of this process opposes the “express train” supported by (-5[1])Peter (15[1])Bellwood. Latest possible (15[1])dates for this process (-5[1])are found by dating excavated bones of Rattus exulans and (*) marae complexes. (10[2])An unexplained pause in this process (10[2])from about 500 BC to 500 AD (-5[1])followed a phase (10[1])marked by the Lapita complex. Finds of sweet (10[1])potatoes (10[1])on (10[3])Mangaia suggest the eastern reach of this multi-century (10[2]-5[1])process, (10[1]-5[1])which was enabled by tools like star compasses and (-5[1])stick (10[1])charts. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1]-5[2])in what process did settlers in outrigger canoes colonize islands like Rapa Nui? ■END■ (10[8]0[1])

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