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

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