Lapita people

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient people
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Fiji
gptkb:Samoa
gptkb:Solomon_Islands
gptkb:Tonga
gptkb:Vanuatu
gptkb:Santa_Cruz_Islands
gptkb:Loyalty_Islands
Bismarck Archipelago
New Caledonia
Wallis and Futuna
gptkbp:burialPractice flexed burials
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Melanesians
gptkb:Micronesians
Polynesians
gptkbp:diet gptkb:fish
garlic
chickens
pigs
taro
gptkbp:economy fishing
horticulture
animal husbandry
gptkbp:firstSettlersOf many Pacific islands
gptkbp:geneticStudies present in modern Pacific Islanders
gptkbp:house stilt houses
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lapita people
gptkbp:inhabitedBy gptkb:Micronesia
gptkb:Oceania
gptkb:Polynesia
Melanesia
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Lapita_culture
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Austronesian_languages
gptkbp:migratory eastward expansion across the Pacific
gptkbp:navigationSystem long-distance voyaging
outrigger canoes
gptkbp:notableFor pottery with dentate-stamped designs
gptkbp:period c. 1600 BCE – 500 BCE
gptkbp:potteryDecoration geometric patterns
zoomorphic motifs
anthropomorphic motifs
dentate stamping
gptkbp:potteryFoundAt archaeological sites across the Pacific
gptkbp:potteryMaterial gptkb:ceramics
gptkbp:potteryStyle decorated ceramics
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Austronesian_expansion
Oceanic migration
gptkbp:uses obsidian
shell tools
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tongans
gptkb:The_Samoans
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6