Part of a 3000-year old pot rim, dentate-stamped and lime infilled, found at the Bourewa site, probably Fiji's earliest (2008)
The Lapita people · About 3,000 years ago · picture 8 of 28 in this chapter
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More from “The Lapita people”
Lapita pottery, Vanuatu Cultural Centre, Port Vila, Vanuatu (2013)
Reconstructed Lapita woman, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka
Plaster cast of a Lapita pot sherd — Metropolitan Museum of Art
map of lapita area (2008)
Prehistoric pottery vessels, including some with Lapita designs, from the island of Taumako (1982)
Plaster cast of a Lapita dish — Metropolitan Museum of Art
Decorated Lapita potsherd from Bourewa, Fiji (2008)
Lapita potsherd from Fiji with a face design (2008)
Display of objects of the Lapita culture, Otago Museum, 2016-01-29
The Mana burial at Naitabale, Moturiki — one of the few Lapita-age skeletons ever found
Close-up of the skull of Mana, the Lapita lady found on Moturiki Island, Fiji, and dated to 800 BC (2004)
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