Samoa (Western Samoa and American Samoa)

2012

The submerged site of Ferry Berth at Mulifanua, Upolu, has yielded the earliest evidence of human habitation in Samoa: Lapita potsherds dating between 1020 and 860 B.C.

Type:
Book Chapter
Published:
2012
Publisher:
Routledge

The submerged site of Ferry Berth at Mulifanua, Upolu, has yielded the earliest evidence of human habitation in Samoa: Lapita potsherds dating between 1020 and 860 B.C. Within the triangle of Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji, Lapita settlers devel­ oped the characteristic Polynesian culture in the first millen­ nium B.C. Using their intimate knowledge of winds, currents,and the relative positions of celestial objects, settlers from Samoa reached the Marquesas by A.D. 300; from the Marquesas and Society Islands, Polynesian navigators dis­ covered and colonized Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and other island groups of the central and eastern Pacific by A.D 1300.

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The submerged site of Ferry Berth at Mulifanua, Upolu, has yielded the earliest evidence of human habitation in Samoa: Lapita potsherds dating between 1020 and 860 B.C.