The More Than 1,400 Radiocarbon Dates Examined by Janet Wilmshurst

question 122

Multiple Choice

The more than 1,400 radiocarbon dates examined by Janet Wilmshurst and her colleagues showed that the islands of central and eastern Polynesia, including Hawaii, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) , the Marquesas, and New Zealand were settled:

• A) no earlier than A.D. 1200
• B) no later than A.D. 500
• C) after A.D. 1500
• D) by about 100 B.C.

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