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Lapita

Neolithic archeological culture
Intangible archaeological_culture Q1021436
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Lapita

Summary

Lapita is an archaeological culture[1]. Lapita has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Lapita's instance of is recorded as archaeological culture[3].
  • Lapita is named after Lapita[4].
  • The location of Lapita was Melanesia[5].
  • Lapita took place at Samoa[6].
  • The location of Lapita was Tonga[7].
  • Lapita's Commons category is recorded as Lapita Culture[8].
  • Lapita began on 1500 BC[9].
  • Lapita ended on 500 BC[10].
  • Lapita's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -21.10277778, 'lon': 164.79888889}[11].

Body

Definition and Type

Lapita's instance of is recorded as archaeological culture[3].

Origins

Lapita is named after Lapita[4].

Why It Matters

Lapita has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Lapita is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Arnaud Noury Samoa Tonga

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Lapita
    Instance of → —
    P14541 → 2syVKT
    Start time → -1500-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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