Timeline practice - Polynesian Expansion - Kathyrn Ohlsson

  • Period: 2000 BCE to 1500 BCE

    first traverlers begin to move from Asia through the islands

  • Period: 1500 BCE to 1000 BCE

    the Lapita people spread across Polynesia

  • Period: 1000 BCE to 1000 BCE

    Samoa is settled

  • Period: 298 to 500

    Hawiian islands settled

  • Period: 698 to 700

    Polynesians settle Rapa Nui (Easter Islands)

  • Period: 1000 to 1000

    Polynesians arrive at Aotearoa (New Zealand)