Ethnology of Manihiki and Rakahanga
Material
Material
Though a low-lying coral atoll does not supply suitable basaltic material, a good deal can be done with coral boulders and coral limestone slabs. Rakahanga and Manihiki, however, do not show the activities in available material that characterize Tongareva. The outstanding Tongarevan features, house sites and religious inclosures, are lacking, and stone piers for canoes were not observed.