The Lapita Cultural Complex: The Change, Movement, and Variability

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Lapita Cultural Complex’s (LCC) beginnings can be traced back to 3000 BP and connected to the Bismarck Archipelago. These material cultural practices can be seen spread throughout the Pacific Islands throughout time and with this dispersal came modifications and variations in the decoration and stylings of pottery. The pottery of the LCC can be divided into three different temporal units: Early, Middle and Late. Throughout these different temporal units of the LCC pottery, the intricacies of the designs begin to lessen, from the earlier dentate stamping style to the later plainware. The reasoning for this is not known though theory indicates it is due to the labour-intensive aspect of this method and other forms were a better fit for the ever-changing societal unit.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)   •
• SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts

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Abstract Id(s): 53273