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Lapita pottery

Description:
A human face stares from these remnants of Lapita pottery, dated 1000 BCE. They come from the Santa Cruz group of islands, south-east of the Solomon Islands. Around 3000 BCE ceramic-making peoples appeared in Taiwan. Taiwanese pottery was red-slipped but otherwise plain. Over the next 1,500 years...
Location:
Solomon Islands
Format:
StillImage
Collections:
Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Contributors:
University of Auckland
Publisher:
Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga
Content partner:
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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