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Search 3,721 documents across 34 fields — every claim tier-rated by evidence

3,721 Documents 34 Sections 43,625 Citations 34,852 Keywords Indexed 4 Evidence Tiers

3,633 are the core, quality-scored corpus (34 lettered sections — see How We Work); the remaining 88 are cross-corpus synthesis documents (68 InterDocs, 12 Connections, 8 Theories) also indexed here.

5 results for "Samoa"

A_4_34 Credible Foundations

A_4_34 — Polynesian Creation Myths: Rangi, Papa & Maui

Polynesian creation mythology represents one of the most internally coherent and geographically distributed oral cosmological systems on Earth — spanning approximately 25 million square kilometers of the Pacific Ocean ac

Polynesia Maui Rangi Papa creation myth Io
U_3_01 Verified Art, Music & Culture

U_3_01 — Tattoo & Body Modification Traditions

Tattooing and body modification are among the most ancient and widespread human cultural practices, with archaeological evidence stretching back at least 5,300 years and likely much further.

tattoo body modification Ötzi tÄ moko irezumi Pazyryk
W_4_02 Verified World Civilizations

W_4_02 — Polynesian Navigation and Rapa Nui

The Polynesian settlement of the Pacific Ocean — the largest migration in human prehistory — colonized virtually every inhabitable island across 16 million km² of open ocean using non-instrument navigation techniques of

Polynesia Polynesian navigation star compass wayfinding Rapa Nui Easter Island
W_5_12 Credible World Civilizations

W_5_12 — Lapita Culture: Pacific Colonization and Pottery Horizon

The Lapita cultural complex (c. 1600/1500–500 BCE) was the foundational maritime culture that colonized Remote Oceania — transforming the Pacific from a barrier into a highway and ultimately giving rise to the Polynesian

Lapita Pacific Oceania colonization pottery Melanesia
F_1_13 Verified Lost Connections

F_1_13 — Lapita Culture and Pacific Colonization

The Lapita cultural complex (c. 1600–500 BCE) represents one of humanity's most remarkable episodes of maritime expansion — the colonization of the remote islands of the western and central Pacific by seafaring peoples w

Lapita Pacific colonization Austronesian Oceania pottery obsidian