Archaeology has not yet found ancient sailing canoes of the first voyaging to the Mariana Islands at 1500 BC, but . . . plenty of other evidence has been available from historical references, language histories, and living cultural traditions. Much more can be learned far beyond this brief video . . .
Thank you for your awesome research on what must be one of Guam and the Chamorro people's proudest achievements! Any word on recreating such craft using modern materials and technology? Would love to see this as a practical means for sub-wealthy folks to have to travel across the US as an alternative to flying. Can it be done? Go Tritons! Get 'er done!
I hope that you will find something suitable for you. A few different groups use traditional and some modern materials and technology, such as the "500 Sails" project and others in Guam, Saipan, and San Diego CA. University of Guam offers a traditional navigation training through Micronesian Area Research Center. In other regions with different traditions, groups are active with University of Hawaii and the Polynesian Voyaging Society.
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Many thanks for sharing your positive comments and encouragement. Sure, I explore more about this good suggestion! Meanwhile, new videos will share online at least one time per month, and sometimes I can share more.
i like the idea that ancient canoes might not look like any existing designs, because if you look at different islands, some specialise for calm water and winds others for irregular winds and higher seas. the proto-canoe might lack specialisations. (or be specialised for the earliest seas encountered when voyaging first began)
You make an important observation about the specialisations or generalisations of different sailing canoes. I can imagine people thinking through the diverse options when designing and building a sailing canoe. Through time, people in different regions may have found that some options were not so useful for them, while they invented other new ways of doing things for their specific goals?
@@ArchaeologyStudio as a specific example, there is great pride surrounding the shock-absorbing design of the marshallese ama attachment, completely absent in the sakman design in the video, suggesting their environment must be significantly more... shocking 😅
Archaeology has not yet found ancient sailing canoes of the first voyaging to the Mariana Islands at 1500 BC, but . . . plenty of other evidence has been available from historical references, language histories, and living cultural traditions. Much more can be learned far beyond this brief video . . .
This channel deserves way more viewers. Keep up the great videos.
Many thanks! I am just happy to share the content. :)
Determining that the islanders used woven mats based on the imprints on the bottom of pots is pretty neat.
Yeah, some of those pottery pieces are amazing, showing the fine details of the plaited mat impressions
Thank you for your awesome research on what must be one of Guam and the Chamorro people's proudest achievements! Any word on recreating such craft using modern materials and technology? Would love to see this as a practical means for sub-wealthy folks to have to travel across the US as an alternative to flying. Can it be done? Go Tritons! Get 'er done!
I hope that you will find something suitable for you. A few different groups use traditional and some modern materials and technology, such as the "500 Sails" project and others in Guam, Saipan, and San Diego CA. University of Guam offers a traditional navigation training through Micronesian Area Research Center. In other regions with different traditions, groups are active with University of Hawaii and the Polynesian Voyaging Society.
I am from india.First of all A BIG THANKS TO YOU. I am your subscriber.Can you start series that top colleges,universities/institutions for doing our UNDER GRADS. And POST GRADS on ARCHAEOLOGY .MANY uploading videos only on MA and Pgd.pls.thank you.keep uploading videos.
Many thanks for sharing your positive comments and encouragement. Sure, I explore more about this good suggestion! Meanwhile, new videos will share online at least one time per month, and sometimes I can share more.
i like the idea that ancient canoes might not look like any existing designs,
because if you look at different islands, some specialise for calm water and winds
others for irregular winds and higher seas. the proto-canoe might lack specialisations.
(or be specialised for the earliest seas encountered when voyaging first began)
You make an important observation about the specialisations or generalisations of different sailing canoes. I can imagine people thinking through the diverse options when designing and building a sailing canoe. Through time, people in different regions may have found that some options were not so useful for them, while they invented other new ways of doing things for their specific goals?
@@ArchaeologyStudio as a specific example, there is great pride surrounding the shock-absorbing design of the marshallese ama attachment, completely absent in the sakman design in the video, suggesting their environment must be significantly more... shocking 😅
@@longpinkytoes :) :)