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Wallis and Futuna (Uvea, Sigave, Alo): island kingdoms before contact (c. 1000–1767 CE)

1000 - 1767

12 entries

Tuvalu: atoll settlement, resource management, and community organization (c. 1000–1800 CE)

1000 - 1800

12 entries

Tokelau and Nukunonu: atoll society formation and kinship networks (c. 1000–1765 CE)

1000 - 1765

10 entries

Society Islands (Tahiti & Moorea): pre-contact chiefdoms and marae centers (c. 1000–1767 CE)

1000 - 1767

12 entries

Settlement and consolidation of Hawaiian aliʻi chiefdoms (c. 900–1778 CE)

1220 - 1795

14 entries

Settlement and chiefdom formation in Samoa (c. 500 BCE–1700 CE)

930 BCE - 1750

12 entries

Rise and maritime expansion of the Tu'i Tonga dynasty (c. 900–1500 CE)

950 - 1470

12 entries

Rapa Nui (Easter Island): settlement, moai construction, and social change (c. 1200–1722 CE)

1200 - 2016

12 entries

Polynesian voyaging and long‑distance navigation traditions (c. 1000 BCE–1700 CE)

1600 BCE - 1778

13 entries

Polynesian tattooing traditions as social signaling across the archipelagos (c. 500 BCE–1769 CE)

1000 BCE - 1770

12 entries

Niue: fortress villages, settlement patterns, and chiefly organization (c. 900–1774 CE)

900 - 1775

12 entries

Marquesas Islands: valley chiefdoms, art, and inter-island exchange (c. 1000–1791 CE)

1000 - 1791

12 entries
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