Colonization of Tonga and the rise of early Tongan chiefdoms (c. 1200 BCE–1200 CE)

1. Ceramic production ceases in Tonga

   Jan 1, 400Labels: Ceramics, Tonga

   • PLoS One 2018

2. Polynesian Plainware phase reshapes daily life

   Jan 1, 700Labels: Polynesian Plainware, Tonga

   • PLoS One 2018
   • PLoS One 2015

3. Decorated Lapita pottery ends in Haʻapai

   Jan 1, 800Labels: Decorated Lapita, Ha apai

   • PLoS One 2015
   • PNAS 2001

4. Lapita expansion across Tonga’s island groups

   Jan 1, 850Labels: Lapita expansion, Tonga

   • PNAS 2001

5. Lapita landfall at Nukuleka, Tongatapu

   Jan 1, 900Labels: Nukuleka, Lapita

   • PNAS 2001
   • PNAS 2012

6. Tuʻi Tonga line emerges as sacred rulership

   Jan 1, 950Labels: Tu i, Tonga

   • Britannica
   • UNESCO Capitals

7. Heketā becomes the Tuʻi Tonga capital

   Jan 1, 1050Labels: Heket, Tu i

   • UNESCO Capitals
   • Britannica

8. Haʻamonga ʻa Maui monument is built at Heketā

   Jan 1, 1200Labels: Ha amonga, Heket

   • UNESCO Capitals
   • Wikimedia

9. Tuʻi Tonga chiefdom expands regional influence

   Jan 1, 1200Labels: Tu i, Mu a

   • Britannica
   • UNESCO Capitals

10. Muʻa endures as long-term center of Tuʻi Tonga power

    Dec 31, 1200Labels: Mu a, Lapaha

    • UNESCO Capitals
    • Britannica

11. Royal court shifts from Heketā to Muʻa

    Jan 1, 1220Labels: Mu a, Royal court

    • UNESCO Capitals
    • Talatama

12. Lapaha royal tombs (langa) begin at Muʻa

    Jan 1, 1250Labels: Lapaha, Langa tombs

    • UNESCO Capitals
    • US Diplomacy