Oceanic Explorations Lapita and Western Pacific Settlement

• Other Authors: Bedford, Stuart (Editor), Sand, Christophe (Editor), Connaughton, Sean P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: ANU Press 2007
• Series: Terra Australis
• Subjects: Archaeology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Lapita comprises an archaeological horizon that is fundamental to the understanding of human colonisation and settlement of the Pacific as it is associated with the arrival of the common ancestors of the Polynesians and many Austronesian-speaking Melanesians more than 3000 years ago. While Lapita ar...