The Lapita Culture: First Conquerors of the Pacific
Some 3,500 years ago, seafarers carrying a distinctive geometric pottery set out to conquer the Pacific. Ancestors of Polynesians, the Lapita were among prehistory's greatest explorers.
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Some 3,500 years ago, seafarers carrying a distinctive geometric pottery set out to conquer the Pacific. Ancestors of Polynesians, the Lapita were among prehistory's greatest explorers.
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