Polynesian outliers

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Polynesian outliers are small, culturally Polynesian communities located on islands outside the main Polynesian Triangle, primarily in Melanesia and Micronesia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polynesian communities
cultural region
hasCrop banana
breadfruit
coconut
taro
hasCulturalIdentity Polynesians
surface form: Polynesian
hasCulturalPractice Polynesian dance
Polynesian navigation
Polynesian indigenous religions
surface form: Polynesian religion

Polynesian social organization
Polynesian tattooing
hasDemographicCharacteristic small populations
hasDomesticatedAnimal chicken
dog
pig
hasEconomicActivity copra production
fishing
taro cultivation
hasEthnolinguisticOrigin Polynesians
surface form: Polynesian peoples
hasExample Anuta
Kapingamarangi
Luangiua
Nuguria
Nukumanu
Nukuoro
Ontong Java Plateau
surface form: Ontong Java

Ontong Java Atoll
Pileni
Rennell and Bellona
Sikaiana
Takuu
Rotuma
surface form: Tikopia
hasHistoricalPeriod Holocene
surface form: Late Holocene
hasHistoricalProcess Polynesian expansion
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian languages
hasNavigationKnowledge bird behavior observation
ocean swell reading
wayfinding by stars
hasNavigationTechnology double-hulled canoes
outrigger canoes
hasPoliticalContext part of modern Melanesian and Micronesian states
hasRelationTo Lapita culture
hasSettlementPattern small island communities
hasSubgroupLanguageFamily Polynesian languages
locatedIn Melanesia
Micronesia
Pacific Ocean
outsideOf Polynesian Triangle
studiedInDiscipline Pacific studies
anthropology
archaeology
linguistics

Referenced by (5)

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Rennell and Bellona culturalRegion Polynesian outliers
this entity surface form: Polynesian outlier
Santa Isabel Island ethnicGroup Polynesian outliers
this entity surface form: Polynesian outlier communities
Central Province hasEthnolinguisticGroup Polynesian outliers
this entity surface form: Polynesian outlier islands