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where people found bones of dinosaurs in Fiji Answer: first the name, The word Lapita itself is not a place name. A word in a local New Caledonian language, xaapeta, meaning 'dig a hole', was misheard as, and became, lapita.
An excerpt and the site for further research:
The low-fired earthenware pottery, often tempered with shell or sand, is typically decorated with a dentate (toothed) stamp, and it has been theorised that these decorations may have been transferred to or from less hardy mediums like tapa (bark cloth), mats or tattoos. Undecorated "plainware" pottery is an important part of the Lapita cultural complex, which also includes ground stone adzes and shell artefacts, and flaked stone tools of obsidian, chert and other available rock.
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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapita
What else can I help you with?
Where did the Lapita people come from?
The lapita people made lapita pottery and tools such as stone adzes
Who settled melanesia?
the Lapita potters
Oceania was first colonized by the and then by the?
Lapita and the Polynesians
The Lapita had a very distinctive type of?
Ceramics.
What kept the Polynesians and Lapita from creating an empire?
More evidence is surfacing to suggest that the lapita people were a different race than the Polynesians, infact there is little to suggest they were the polynesians ancestors. So they couldn't have created an empire, the lapita were around at a different time than the Polynesians.
The ancestors of the Polynesians and the Maori are the Lapita. Is this true?
Yes, the ancestors of the Polynesians and the Maori are believed to be the Lapita people. The Lapita were an ancient culture that originated in the Pacific and are known for their distinctive pottery style that spread across the region, influencing the cultural development of various Pacific island groups.
It is believed the original explorers of Oceania were the Lapita who came from?
taiwan
How did the Lapita peoples spread their culture?
Established settlements by sea and trade.
Who were the original people in Fiji?
The Lapita People of South East Asia.
The Lapita branched off into two different cultural groups the Maori and .?
Polynesians.
What kept the Polynesians and Lapita from creating an empire in this region?
The vast expansion of the ocean
Who was the first person to rule the Fiji Islands?
The Lapita people of South East Asia.
