Ref ID:	24086
Ref Type:	Book Section
Authors:	Spriggs, Matthew
Title:	The Lapita culture and Austronesian prehistory in Oceania
Date:	1995
Source:	The Austronesians: historical and comparative perspectives
Place of Publication:	Canberra
Publisher:	Dept. of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australia National University
Abstract:	The Lapita culture (1600 BC to 500 BC/AD 1) represents the archaeological record of the first substantial Austronesian colonization into Melanesia and Polynesia. The situation prior to Lapita in western Melanesia (near Oceania) is discussed, together with the archaeology of the Lapita culture itself and questions of correlations with early Oceanic languages and colonizing people. Some observations relevant for an understanding of Austronesian migration are also present.
Date Created:	9/26/2006
Editors:	Bellwood, Peter Fox, James J. Tryon, Darrell
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