Lapita culture

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Fiji
gptkb:Samoa
gptkb:Tonga
gptkb:Vanuatu
gptkb:Santa_Cruz_Islands
Bismarck Archipelago
gptkbp:associatedWith long-distance voyaging
outrigger canoes
early navigation
gptkbp:burialPractice flexed burials
gptkbp:culture obsidian tools
shell ornaments
decorated pottery
stone adzes
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Polynesian_culture
Micronesian culture
Melanesian culture
gptkbp:discoveredBy archaeologists in the 20th century
gptkbp:economy fishing
horticulture
animal husbandry
gptkbp:firstSettlersOf gptkb:Fiji
gptkb:Samoa
gptkb:Tonga
gptkbp:geneticStudies gptkb:modern_Melanesians
modern Micronesians
modern Polynesians
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lapita culture
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Austronesian_languages
gptkbp:migratory from Southeast Asia to Remote Oceania
gptkbp:nameOrigin Lapita site in New Caledonia
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:ceramics
seafaring
settlement of Pacific Islands
gptkbp:period c. 1600 BCE – 500 BCE
gptkbp:potteryDecoration geometric patterns
zoomorphic motifs
anthropomorphic motifs
gptkbp:potteryDistribution Bismarck Archipelago to Samoa
gptkbp:potteryMaterial gptkb:ceramics
gptkbp:potteryStyle dentate-stamped pottery
gptkbp:potteryTechnique appliqué
incising
dentate stamping
gptkbp:region gptkb:Micronesia
gptkb:Oceania
gptkb:Polynesia
Melanesia
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Austronesian_expansion
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Melanesians
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5