Mulifanua is a village on the north-western tip of the island of Upolu, in Samoa. In the modern era, it is the capital of Aiga-i-le-Tai district. Mulifanua...
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Samoan Islands dates to around 1050 BCE. It comes from a Lapita site at Mulifanua wharf on Upolu island. In 1768, the eastern islands were visited by the...
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as far south as New Caledonia. Excavation at a site in the village of Mulifanua in Samoa uncovered two adzes that strongly indicate Lapita influence....
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Aiga-i-le-Tai (section Mulifanua ferry terminal)
been the centre of the district. In modern times, the main centre is Mulifanua where the inter-island ferry terminal is located for ocean crossings between...
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Archaeology of Samoa (section Mulifanua)
likely true age of circa 3,000 BP (Before Present) from a Lapita site at Mulifanua during the 1970s. Earlier accounts of 'earthmounds' and 'monumental architecture'...
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and 3,500 years ago. The remains were discovered at a Lapita site at Mulifanua, and the scientists' findings were published in 1974. The Samoans' origins...
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found throughout the islands. The oldest shards found so far have been in Mulifanua and in Sasoa'a, Falefa. The oldest archaeological evidence found on the...
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for Lapita archaeological remains recovered so far is at Mulifanua on Upolu. The Mulifanua site, where 4,288 pottery shards have been found and studied...
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; Green, Roger C. (1989). "New information for the Ferry Berth site, Mulifanua, western Samoa". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 98 (3): 319–329...
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; Leach, Helen M. (1989). "New Information for the Ferry Berth Site, Mulifanua, Western Samoa". Journal of the Polynesian Society. 98 (3): 319–330. Kirch...
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