Ancestral Polynesian society is the formative base for development of the Polynesian
cultural template and proto-Polynesian linguistic stage. Emerging in western Polynesia ca …

Abstract First Polynesian settlement by Lapita peoples occurred ca 2850 cal BP at Nukuleka,
then a small sandy islet at the entrance to the lagoon on the island of Tongatapu, Kingdom …

Exchange plays a number of roles within societies, including the provisioning of necessary
and prestige resources. The elucidation of these different roles requires documenting how …

Typological and geochemical analyses of stone adzes and other stone tools have played a
significant role in identifying directionality of colonisation movements in early migratory …

The spread of Lapita cultural groups through the New Guinea region 3350–3250 years ago
and into the uninhabited remote Pacific islands from 3050–3000 years ago was one of the …

It is now more than 20 years since Summerhayes introduced the concept and framework of
Early, Middle and Late Lapita in an attempt to more accurately define and categorise the …

We present three unreported U/Th dates on coral abraders recovered from Lapita
occupations at the 'Otea and Vuna sites, in Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga. Integrated with …