Editing Marquesas Islands (section)

===Historical culture===
{{See also|Domesticated plants and animals of Austronesia}}
The richness of the natural resources in the islands has historically supported a large population. The inhabitants historically made a living by fishing, collecting shellfish, hunting birds, and gardening. They relied heavily on [[breadfruit]] but raised at least 32 other introduced crops. Hard evidence of significant pre-European interarchipelago trade has been found in basalt from the Marquesan quarry island of Eiao. It is known to have been distributed via sailing canoes over distances of more than 2500&nbsp;km to provide adze heads to Mo'orea (Society Islands), Mangareva (Gambier Islands), Tubuai (Austral Islands), Rarotonga (Cook Islands), and Tabuaeran (Northern Line Islands).<ref name='Marquesan homeland hypothesis'>{{cite journal |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263383332 |title=Marquesan colonisation chronologies and post-colonisation interaction: Implications for Hawaiian origins and the "Marquesan Homeland" hypothesis |last=Allen |first=Melinda S. |date=1 June 2014 |journal=Journal of Pacific Archaeology |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=1–17 |doi=10.70460/jpa.v5i2.137 |access-date=25 August 2020}}</ref>