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Lapita cultureCultural complex of what were presumably the original human settlers of Melanesia, much of Polynesia, and parts of Micronesia. The Lapita people were originally from New Guinea or some other region of Austronesia. Seaborne explorers, they spread to the Solomon Islands (c. 1600 BC), then to Fiji, Tonga and the rest of western Polynesia (c. 1000 BC), and finally to Micronesia (c. 500 BC). They are known principally on the basis of the remains of their fired pottery, which was first extensively investigated at the site of Lapita in New Caledonia. They appear to have subsisted largely by fishing but may also have practiced some domestic agriculture and animal husbandry. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Archaeologists regard members of the ancient, seafaring Lapita culture as the ancestors of Polynesians, who now live on a large group of western Pacific islands collectively known as Oceania. It is a truly formidable task to cover, in 224 pages, an historical horizon from the Lapita culture to the present, and to do this across a range of art forms that spans the whole range of plastic arts up to the most contemporary, and includes also the performing arts. In 1985, a team of archaeologists traveled to a small South Pacific island in search of the homeland of the prehistoric Lapita people, whose descendants first settled Hawaii and the rest of the Polynesian islands. |
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