Neolithic dispersal from Near Oceania into Remote Oceania (c. 2000 BCE–500 CE)

1. Remote Oceania settlement stabilizes into regional post-Lapita cultures

   Jan 1, 500Labels: Post-Lapita cultures, Fiji, Tonga

   • Britannica
   • Te Ara

2. Decorated Lapita pottery declines; plainware traditions expand

   Jan 1, 800Labels: Lapita pottery, West Polynesia

   • Britannica
   • Tonga model

3. Lapita settlement spreads across the Tongan archipelago

   Jan 1, 850Labels: Tongan archipelago, Lapita settlement

   • Tonga model
   • ABC Science

4. Founding settlement formed in Tonga at Nukuleka

   Jan 1, 900Labels: Nukuleka, Tonga

   • PNAS
   • PubMed

5. Remote Oceania begins: settlement spreads into Vanuatu

   Jan 1, 1000Labels: Vanuatu, Lapita expansion

   • Te Ara
   • Teouma study

6. Teouma Lapita cemetery established on Efate

   Jan 1, 1000Labels: Teouma cemetery, Efate

   • Teouma study
   • Teouma

7. Lapita reaches Samoa; Mulifanua site dates near 1000 BCE

   Jan 1, 1000Labels: Mulifanua, Samoa

   • Samoan Heritage
   • Mulifanua

8. Early Lapita settlement established in Fiji (Bourewa)

   Jan 1, 1100Labels: Bourewa, Fiji

   • USC record
   • Te Ara

9. Proto-Oceanic begins breaking into daughter languages

   Jan 1, 1300Labels: Proto-Oceanic, Bismarcks

   • TLOPO
   • Proto Oceanic

10. Long-distance voyaging networks expand within Near Oceania

    Jan 1, 1500Labels: Voyaging networks, Near Oceania

    • Te Ara
    • Britannica

11. Lapita cultural complex emerges in the Bismarcks

    Jan 1, 1600Labels: Bismarck Archipelago, Lapita complex

    • Britannica
    • TLOPO
    • Proto Oceanic

12. Lapita movement reaches the Solomon Islands

    Jan 1, 1600Labels: Solomon Islands, Lapita movement

    • Britannica
    • Te Ara