The title more or less explains the question. It’s my understanding that inhabitants of Western Polynesia experienced a “lull” of >1,000 years, in which time their expansion across the oceans halted and they collectively lost the skill/technology of pottery.
I can’t seem to find many good resources besides JSTOR articles that I don’t have access to, so hoping you guys could potentially help!
TYIA.
/u/b1uepenguin answers the question here https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/in8lry/why_polynesians_forgot_how_to_make_pottery/g46evgy/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3