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

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