Were there interactions between the indigenous people of Oceania and Southeast/East Asians?
Any notable cultural exchanges? Did they even come face to face?
>>1363342
of course.
Some even say that aztecs knew the maoris.
>>1363364
How is such a thing even possible?
>>1363342
Dude you're doing that thing stupid people do by placing arbitrary lines on land masses.
>>1363450
Those arbitrary lines determine cultural diversity.
>mfw people still believe globalization will produce an heterogeneous society
All I know is that they actually had to deal with giant eagles.
>>1363456
A fuckton of people's aren't bound to one nation.
>>1363469
Thats my point, a fuckton of people bounds themselves to many nations, thus originating diferent cultures.
>>1363364
Aztec
>>1363940
Maori
>>1363942
Aztec
>>1363946
Maori
>>1363953
Aztec
There was a non-academic book published by a woman who opined on the dispersal of the sweet potato and decided it was a trade crop from S. America to the Pacific Islanders. It's not very good.
>>1363342
I think often there were periods of conflict in acquisition/protection of land resources. There were likely marriages and similar peace deals between direct neighbors for periods of time, but just like today or any other time, there's always someone who wants your stuff, or to cannibalize you.
>>1364001
Haast Eagles, big enough to pick up and fly away with children up to ~4 years old.
There are Maori folktales about this which are probably blown out of proportion but might have happened a few times.
>>1363391
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_potato#Origin.2C_distribution_and_diversity
>>1364034
wedgetailed eagles in australia can kill kangaroos weighing 70kg, it's not that fatfetched.
>>1363342
Most of them are Austronesians, that's all I know.
