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HST-105: Early Oceania
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Lapit settlement
Land area during last glaciation
Early Societies in Oceania 1500 BCE-700 CE
For about a thousand years an Austronesian people maintained a vast network of communication and trade. Settling in agricultural villages across a region extending about 2,800 miles.
Lapita
1500 - 500 BCE
3000 BCE
Around 3000 BCE, agriculture was introduced to New Guinea leading to population growth and specialization of labor. Because of lower sea levels during the last glaciation period, migration in the region continued over land as well as by sea.
Agriculture
Austronesian peoples went on to establish chiefly societies throughout the Pacific including those on the Tongan, Samoan, and Hawaiian Islands.
Pacific Island Migrations
1500-700 BCE
60,000 BCE
Early migrants from southeast Asia arrived in Australia and New Guinea, likely in canoes fitted with sails, as long as 60,000 years ago. Early migrants lived as hunter-gatherers.