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

1. Polynesian settlement begins in the Marquesas

   Jan 1, 1000Labels: Polynesian settlers, Marquesas Islands

   • UNESCO WHC
   • UNESCO NL

2. Early coastal occupation at Hane is documented

   Jan 1, 1100Labels: Hane Ua, Coastal occupation

   • Hane site

3. Settlement shifts from coasts into deep valleys

   Jan 1, 1200Labels: Valley settlements, Paepae architecture

   • UNESCO WHC
   • Hane site

4. Paepae platforms become core residential architecture

   Jan 1, 1300Labels: Paepae platforms, Marquesan households

   • UNESCO WHC
   • Marquises org

5. Tohua plazas formalize public performance and assembly

   Jan 1, 1400Labels: Tohua plazas, Public assembly

   • UNESCO WHC
   • Marquises org

6. Me’ae temple complexes intensify sacred landscapes

   Jan 1, 1500Labels: Me'ae temples, Sacred sites

   • UNESCO WHC
   • Marae DE

7. Spanish expedition reaches the Marquesas Islands

   Jul 21, 1595Labels: lvaro de, European contact

   • Menda a bio
   • Tahuata

8. Mendaña lands at Vaitahu (Tahuata)

   Jul 21, 1595Labels: Vaitahu Tahuata, Menda a

   • Vaitahu
   • Tahuata

9. Tiki carving and petroglyph traditions flourish

   Jan 1, 1600Labels: Tiki carving, Petroglyphs

   • UNESCO WHC
   • British Museum

10. Basalt adze exchange links valleys and islands

    Jan 1, 1700Labels: Basalt adzes, Eiao basalt

    • PMC study

11. Ingraham revisits and charts northern Marquesas

    Apr 19, 1791Labels: Joseph Ingraham, Northern Marquesas

    • Diplomatic Hist
    • Ingraham ES

12. Pre-European valley chiefdoms persist to 1791

    Apr 21, 1791Labels: Valley chiefdoms, Monumental stonework

    • UNESCO WHC
    • Diplomatic Hist