http://cominganarchy.com/2009/05/21/polynesian-stick-charts/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:13:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://cominganarchy.com/2009/05/21/polynesian-stick-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-389444 Fresh Bilge » Stick Charts… Mon, 25 May 2009 13:42:15 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/?p=5831#comment-389444 [...] picked up in the islands as a souvenir…they looked like popsicle sticks with shells glued on. The Coming Anarchyhas a much better explanation and [...] [...] picked up in the islands as a souvenir…they looked like popsicle sticks with shells glued on. The Coming Anarchyhas a much better explanation and [...]

]]> http://cominganarchy.com/2009/05/21/polynesian-stick-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-389410 Aceface Sat, 23 May 2009 16:13:56 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/?p=5831#comment-389410 Roy.There were many Inca aristocracy who joined Pissaro and the conquistadors after the Spanish takeover.Quipう didn't just died out unlike Maya and Aztec characters Actually it was used along with Spanish papers to keep the record of the colony. Roy.There were many Inca aristocracy who joined Pissaro and the conquistadors after the Spanish takeover.Quipう didn’t just died out unlike Maya and Aztec characters Actually it was used along with Spanish papers to keep the record of the colony.

]]> http://cominganarchy.com/2009/05/21/polynesian-stick-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-389409 Roy Berman Sat, 23 May 2009 08:48:16 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/?p=5831#comment-389409 It reminds me a bit of the <a href="http://www.deadmedia.org/notes/0/001.html" rel="nofollow">Incan quipo</a>, an information recording media composed of knotted string. While many thousands of quipo survive, the Spanish did such a thorough job of wiping out their culture that nobody in the world has any idea how to read them, or what kind of information they encode. It reminds me a bit of the Incan quipo, an information recording media composed of knotted string. While many thousands of quipo survive, the Spanish did such a thorough job of wiping out their culture that nobody in the world has any idea how to read them, or what kind of information they encode.

]]> http://cominganarchy.com/2009/05/21/polynesian-stick-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-389404 Aceface Sat, 23 May 2009 02:01:12 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/?p=5831#comment-389404 Nope.Curzon is correct.There's a concept called "Polynesian Outliers" and that is the concept of certain polynesian culture and linguistics had splattered and left isolated in certain parts of Micronesia and Melanesia.Navigational knowledge in Micronesia is believed to be the legacy of Polynesian influence in the region. Nope.Curzon is correct.There’s a concept called “Polynesian Outliers” and that is the concept of certain polynesian culture and linguistics had splattered and left isolated in certain parts of Micronesia and Melanesia.Navigational knowledge in Micronesia is believed to be the legacy of Polynesian influence in the region.

]]> http://cominganarchy.com/2009/05/21/polynesian-stick-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-389391 Curzon Thu, 21 May 2009 22:40:08 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/?p=5831#comment-389391 Blame thenonist.com, the primary source of the article: http://thenonist.com/index.php/thenonist/permalink/stick_charts/ Blame thenonist.com, the primary source of the article:
http://thenonist.com/index.php/thenonist/permalink/stick_charts/

]]> http://cominganarchy.com/2009/05/21/polynesian-stick-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-389390 J0okwe Thu, 21 May 2009 17:07:11 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/?p=5831#comment-389390 Not Polynesian, Micronesian. Note that all of your sources talk about the Marshallese, who aren't Polynesian. Not Polynesian, Micronesian. Note that all of your sources talk about the Marshallese, who aren’t Polynesian.

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