ocr: Few - archaeologists explored Oceania until 1950. Manythought that there was very little to excavate since people hadn'tlived on thei - islands very long This idea proved wrong once the digging started The objects that theyfound there were sO different from what they were expecting that they realized that manypeople from very dif- ferent backgrounds had livedin these islands over the years. This information completely changed the thinking about how Oceania was inhabited The mysteries surrounding howthis area ofthe world was settled andl by whom are still alive today
