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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:artifacts
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Lapita_culture
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gptkbp:archaeologicalSite
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gptkb:Fiji
gptkb:New_Guinea
gptkb:Samoa
gptkb:Solomon_Islands
gptkb:Tonga
gptkb:Vanuatu
Bismarck Archipelago
New Caledonia
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gptkbp:burialPractice
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flexed burials
skull removal
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gptkbp:culture
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obsidian tools
shell ornaments
decorated pottery
stone adzes
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gptkbp:descendedFrom
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gptkb:Melanesians
gptkb:Micronesians
Polynesians
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gptkbp:discoveredBy
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gptkb:Edward_W._Gifford
gptkb:Richard_Shutler_Jr.
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gptkbp:economy
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fishing
horticulture
animal husbandry
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gptkbp:etymology
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named after Lapita site in New Caledonia
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gptkbp:firstDescribed
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1952
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gptkbp:firstSitesFound
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Bismarck Archipelago
New Caledonia
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Lapita Cultural Complex
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gptkbp:languageFamily
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gptkb:Austronesian
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gptkbp:notableFor
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gptkb:ceramics
gptkb:migration
settlement of Pacific Islands
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gptkbp:period
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c. 1600 BCE – 500 BCE
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gptkbp:potteryDecoration
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geometric patterns
zoomorphic motifs
anthropomorphic motifs
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gptkbp:potteryStyle
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dentate-stamped pottery
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Micronesia
gptkb:Polynesia
gptkb:Western_Pacific
Melanesia
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Austronesian_expansion
Oceanic navigation
Pacific Island colonization
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gptkbp:significance
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spread of Austronesian languages
ancestral to Polynesian culture
earliest settlers of Remote Oceania
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Austronesian_peoples
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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