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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 train” supported 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 (10[1])potatoes (10[1])on Mangaia suggest the eastern reach of this multi-century (10[1])process, (10[1]-5[1])which was enabled by tools like star compasses and stick charts. For 10 points, in what process did settlers in outrigger canoes colonize islands like Rapa Nui? ■END■ (10[1])

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