Polynesian plainware from Teouma, Vanuatu
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Polynesian plainware from Teouma, Vanuatu
The Lapita people rapidly expanded south-east from the Solomon Islands into the archipelagoes of Remote Oceania: Vanuatu, the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa, around 1000 BC. After the Lapita arrived in central Polynesia, a distinct Polynesian culture slowly evolved in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. The Lapita pottery became less decorative, and anthropologists now refer to this undecorated style as Polynesian plainware. Eventually, in most islands pottery-making died out altogether.
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The University of Auckland , Department of Anthropology Photographic Archive
Photograph by Tim Mackrell
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