Lapita culture

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Lapita culture

Cultural 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.

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No references found			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. Rat DNA points to Pacific migrations by Bower, Bruce / Science News There's good evidence these creatures were still around when Melanesian voyagers of the Lapita culture, whose distinctive pottery has helped track human expansion into the South Pacific, settled Grande Terre at least 3,500 years ago. Paradise traded for Canadian nickel by Eaton, Joe / Earth Island Journal The Lapita culture, an antecedent of Polynesian society, settled numerous islands across 2,500 miles in about 250-300 years. Pacific Islands Were Hardly Paradise by USA Today (Magazine)			lapdog Lapeer County lapel microphone Lapel Pins Lapham-Patterson House State Historic Site Laphystius Lapicque, Louis lapidary lapidicolous Lapidoth Lapidus, Morris lapies Lapilli lapilli-tuff Lapin, Albert Lapin, Albert Ianovich Lapin, Artur Lapin, Artur Ianovich Lapin, Petr Lapin, Petr Ivanovich Lapin, Sergei Lapin, Sergei Georgievich LaPine State Park lapis lapis lazuli Lapita culture Lapitskii, Iosif Lapitskii, Iosif Mikhailovich Laplace Laplace Azimuth Laplace Invariant Plane Laplace irrotational motion Laplace law Laplace Nebular Hypothesis Laplace Operator Laplace Point Laplace Theorem Laplace Transform Laplace's Differential Equation Laplace's equation Laplace's expansion Laplace's irrotational motion Laplace's Law Laplace's measure of dispersion Laplace, Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace, Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplacian Laplacian speed of sound Lapland LapLink LapLink cable			lapine canker lapine canker lapine canker lapine canker LaPine State Park lapinization lapinize lapis lapis lapis lapis lapis Lapis armenius Lapis armenius Lapis armenus Lapis calaminaris Lapis infernalis lapis lazuli lapis lazuli lapis lazuli lapis lazuli Lapis Ollaris Lapis Ollaris Lapis philosophorum Lapis philosophorum Lapis-lazuli Lapis-lazuli Lapislazuli Lapislazuli Lapita Lapita culture Lapith Lapitha Lapithae Lapithai Lapíthai Lapithes Lapiths Lapithus Lapitskii, Iosif Lapitskii, Iosif Mikhailovich LAPJ LAPK LAPL Laplace Laplace Laplace Azimuth Laplace domain Laplace equation Laplace Invariant Plane Laplace irrotational motion Laplace law Laplace Nebular Hypothesis Laplace operator Laplace operator Laplace Pierre Simon de Laplace Point

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