<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Ancient Hawai ʻi is the period of Hawaiian human history preceding the unification in 1810 of the Kingdom of Hawai ʻi by Kamehameha the Great . Researchers had based their estimates of first settlement by Polynesian long - distance navigators from French Polynesia, Tahiti, the Tuamotus and the Samoan Islands sporadically between 300 and 800 . In 2010, a study was published based on radiocarbon dating of more reliable samples and it suggests that the islands were settled much later, within a short timeframe, in c. 1219--1266 . </P> <P> The islands in Eastern Polynesia have been characterized by the continuities among their cultures, and the short migration period would be an explanation of this result . Diversified agroforestry and aquaculture provided sustenance for Native Hawaiian cuisine . Tropical materials were adopted for housing . Elaborate temples (called heiau) were constructed from the lava rocks available . </P>

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