Chronologie de la pirogue à balancier : le témoignage de l'océan Indien occidental - article ; n°50 ; vol.32, pg 89-98

Journal de la Société des océanistes - Année 1976 - Volume 32 - Numéro 50 - Pages 89-98
The aim of this paper is to bring objections to the recent thesis held by E. Doran, according to which the single outrigger antedated the double outrigger.
The historical change from the double outrigger to the single one, already testified by A. and G. Grandidier and by J. Hornell on the West coast of Madagascar, is ascertained by new documents, not only in this island but also in the Comoro Islands.
As regards the Pacific, the same process probably took place at the time of the first Polynesian migrations, as suggested by Hornell.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.