Definition: Master navigator Mau Piailug worked with anthropologists Stephen Thomas and Warren Goodenough on investigating open-water navigation in Polynesia. In 1967 he sailed a replica of an ancient Polynesian voyaging canoe, from Maui to Tahiti, using traditional methods without aid of charts. He has spent the latter years of his life teaching traditional sailing techniques in Hawai'i.
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This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Sources for the term include the references listed on the front page of the Dictionary, and the websites listed in the sidebar. Any mistakes are the responsibility of Kris Hirst.
