Mulifanua and submerged early Samoan contexts
Mulifanua ferry-harbor regional context, Upolu
Pottery recovered during harbor work revealed an early coastal occupation now underwater. Its discovery shows why a sparse visible record need not mean an empty ancient landscape.
Géographie, contexte politique et héritage
Géographie historique
The modern ferry harbor overlies a changing coastline; present land and sea positions cannot be projected backward unchanged.
Organisation politique
The finds do not identify a named chiefdom or settlement government. Later Samoan political institutions cannot simply be assigned to the early deposit.
Contexte contemporain
The National University of Samoa explains this history in its heritage resources. A public harbor point is not guidance for underwater collecting or disturbance.
The university account links discovery to dredging for the harbor, a context with preservation limits.
The 2001 study recalibrated associated evidence; dates do not directly identify language or ethnicity.
Geoarchaeological models combine beachrock position with relative sea-level history.
Uma cronologia breve e documentada
Ces repères servent d'orientation et ne constituent pas une histoire complète.
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Coastal occupation
The cited radiocarbon study places occupation around 2880-2750 calibrated BP, using BP's 1950 reference.
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Coastline changes
Subsidence and sea-level change altered the relation between settlement deposits and the shore.
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Associated dates reassessed
New determinations were evaluated against ceramics and sample reliability.
Culture et langue en contexte
Langues mentionnées dans ce profil
- Prehistoric speech cannot be assigned from objects alone; later local language evidence requires its own date.
Famille linguistique: Language relationships are a separate line of evidence, not a ceramic, biological, or citizenship classification.
Submerged archaeology
Ceramics and dated associations
Preservation gaps versus absence of people
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Sources utilisées pour cette page
Prefer Pacific heritage institutions, Indigenous and community-linked organizations, accountable excavation projects, and peer-reviewed research. Register HTTPS sources, not Wikipedia. Institutional records can contain older dates or interpretations and are compared with dated research rather than treated as timeless authority.
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Polynesian Wayfinding
Polynesian Voyaging Society · Living voyaging institution's educational account · Undated; accessed 2026-10-20
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C2
Carolinian wayfinding and canoe making
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, Federated States of Micronesia nomination · Institutional heritage resource · 2021 inscription; living record
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C3
The chronology of Lapita ware in New Caledonia
Antiquity, Cambridge University Press · Peer-reviewed chronology study · 1997
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C4
Bayesian re-evaluation of Lapita settlement in Fiji: radiocarbon analysis of the Lapita occupation at Bourewa and nearby sites on the Rove Peninsula, Viti Levu Island
Journal of Pacific Archaeology · Peer-reviewed radiocarbon study · 2013
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C5
Cook Island artifact geochemistry demonstrates spatial and temporal extent of pre-European interarchipelago voyaging in East Polynesia
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PubMed Central copy · Primary archaeological sourcing study · 2016
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C6
Three Late 18th Century CE East Polynesian Sails in the British Museum Reveal Regional Adaptations in Sailing Technology
Journal of Pacific Archaeology · Peer-reviewed study of later collected evidence · 2025
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C7
The Ancient Capitals of the Kingdom of Tonga
Tonga National Commission for UNESCO, hosted by UNESCO · State-submitted tentative-list record, not World Heritage inscription · 2007
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C8
Household expansion linked to agricultural intensification during emergence of Hawaiian archaic states
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PubMed Central copy · Primary archaeological study · 2011
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C9
Echoing Wahi Kūpuna
Ka‘iwakīloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center, Kamehameha Schools · Native Hawaiian cultural interpretation · Undated; accessed 2026-10-20
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C10
Control and Manage Agreement for Te Pokohiwi o Kupe
Te Rūnanga a Rangitāne o Wairau · Indigenous institutional account · 2026-02
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C11
Wairau, List No. 9561
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga · Institutional heritage resource · 2012 listing; living record
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Mulifanua-Lapita Site
Centre for Samoan Studies, National University of Samoa · Institutional heritage resource · 2017
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S2
Radiocarbon Determinations from the Mulifanua Lapita Site, Upolu, Western Samoa
Radiocarbon, Cambridge University Press · Peer-reviewed radiocarbon study · 2001
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S3
Geoarchaeological Context of Holocene Subsidence at the Ferry Berth Lapita Site, Mulifanua, Upolu, Samoa
Geoarchaeology; Samoan Digital Library copy · Peer-reviewed geoarchaeological study · 1998
Revisión editorial: 20 octobre 2026