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Event archaeological Oceania

Teouma Lapita Cemetery

1000 BCE – 800 BCE

Major Lapita burial site in Vanuatu revealing the seafaring ancestors who colonized the remote Pacific…

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Landmark · Oceania

Teouma Lapita Cemetery

1000 BCE – 800 BCE

Major Lapita burial site in Vanuatu revealing the seafaring ancestors who colonized the remote Pacific islands

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