Hawaii

The earliest habitation thought up by archaeological evidence can be traced to as early as 300 BC. This was probably Polynesians from the Marquesas. The first recorded European contact with the islands was in 1798 by British explorer James Cook. Polynesians from the Marquesas and possibly had first populated the Hawaiian Islands between 300 and 500 AD. A lot of archaeologists have argued about the actual dates of these events. Some archaeologist and historians believe that an early settlement from Marquesas and a later wave of immigrants from Tahiti in the year 1000 and they introduced a new line of high chiefs, the Kapu system, and the practice of human sacrifice and the building of Heiaus. This immigration was told in stories and folk tales. Other authors argue that there is no archaeological or linguistic evidence for a later change of Tahitian settlers, and that Pa’ao must be used as a myth.