Polynesia
Browse timelines in Polynesia.
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Aotearoa/New Zealand: waka migrations and iwi formation (c. 1250–1769 CE)
12entries
1250 - 1770
Cook Islands (Rarotonga & Southern Cooks): settlement and ariki chiefly systems (c. 700–1769 CE)
12entries
1000 - 1773
Marquesas Islands: valley chiefdoms, art, and inter-island exchange (c. 1000–1791 CE)
12entries
1000 - 1791
Niue: fortress villages, settlement patterns, and chiefly organization (c. 900–1774 CE)
12entries
900 - 1775
Polynesian tattooing traditions as social signaling across the archipelagos (c. 500 BCE–1769 CE)
12entries
1000 BCE - 1770
Polynesian voyaging and long‑distance navigation traditions (c. 1000 BCE–1700 CE)
13entries
1600 BCE - 1778
Rapa Nui (Easter Island): settlement, moai construction, and social change (c. 1200–1722 CE)
12entries
1200 - 2016
Rise and maritime expansion of the Tu'i Tonga dynasty (c. 900–1500 CE)
12entries
950 - 1470
Settlement and chiefdom formation in Samoa (c. 500 BCE–1700 CE)
12entries
930 BCE - 1750
Settlement and consolidation of Hawaiian aliʻi chiefdoms (c. 900–1778 CE)
14entries
1220 - 1795
Society Islands (Tahiti & Moorea): pre-contact chiefdoms and marae centers (c. 1000–1767 CE)
12entries
1000 - 1767
Tokelau and Nukunonu: atoll society formation and kinship networks (c. 1000–1765 CE)
10entries
1000 - 1765
Tuvalu: atoll settlement, resource management, and community organization (c. 1000–1800 CE)
12entries
1000 - 1800
Wallis and Futuna (Uvea, Sigave, Alo): island kingdoms before contact (c. 1000–1767 CE)
12entries
1000 - 1767