Difference between revisions of "Dendroglyphs of the Chatham Islands"
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| − | The dendroglyphs (tree carvings) of the Chatham Islands were first | + | The dendroglyphs (tree carvings) of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_Islands Chatham Islands] were first cataloged in depth by [http://archaeopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Jefferson_Christina Christina Jefferson] between 1947 and 1956 at the urging of her advisor at the [[Canterbury Museum]]. Jefferson attempted the first complete record of these dwindling artifacts of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moriori Moriori]culture. |
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| + | The Moriori were a Polynesian people who migrated to the Chatham Islands sometime before 1500 and adapted a hunter-gatherer lifestyle and a culture unique to the island chain. Part of their culture included the art of ''momori rakau'', or tree-carving, where a variety of features are portrayed via incisions into the trunks of live [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaka_%28tree%29 kopi trees] | ||
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History
The dendroglyphs (tree carvings) of the Chatham Islands were first cataloged in depth by Christina Jefferson between 1947 and 1956 at the urging of her advisor at the Canterbury Museum. Jefferson attempted the first complete record of these dwindling artifacts of Morioriculture.
The Moriori were a Polynesian people who migrated to the Chatham Islands sometime before 1500 and adapted a hunter-gatherer lifestyle and a culture unique to the island chain. Part of their culture included the art of momori rakau, or tree-carving, where a variety of features are portrayed via incisions into the trunks of live kopi trees
