Triangular Men on One Very Long Voyage: The Context and Implications of a Hawaiian-style Petroglyph Site in the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga

Abstract

Data from a recently discovered petroglyph site at Houmale'eia on Foa Island in the Ha'apai Island Group of Tonga are provocative relative to the East/West Polynesian interface and a continued argument for extensive sea-going voyages in later prehistory. The Houmale'eia motif suite has no developmental precedent in Tonga or West Polynesia. Rather, it is typical of Hawaiian rock art dating to the approximate interval AD 1400 to 1600. An account of this site, its motifs, and its comparative milieu is provided. The site is further contextualised within traditional histories for Tonga and Hawai'i, and implications for long distance voyaging between West and East Polynesia are examined.

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