Questions around the exact age and size of the waka remain, but experts say the find is of global significance.

This is quite fascinating actually, I had no idea there was such a thing as a planked waka.

I’d love to see a reconstruction of this one day, it sounds like an extremely capable craft.

  • Dave@lemmy.nzM
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    1 day ago

    Really cool. There are more images in this previous article, and in the report (pdf warning).

    In your article they talk about it being a ‘waka tuitui’ - an old term for planked waka that had been stitched or lashed together.

    Any attempts to find out more about this just lead back to other articles about this find. I’d love to see even a picture of what a similar craft looked like.