Recent and earlier archaeological research in the northern Ha'apai island group, Kingdom of Tonga, has documented several sites associated with initial colonization and expansion during the Lapita period. Excavated and other data for these sites are described in a preliminary fashion and placed within the larger context of Lapita archaeology in Tonga. The earliest sites, including Tongoleleka on Lifuka Island, Faleloa on Foa Island and Pukotala on Ha'ano island are radiocarbon dated between 3000 and 2500 years ago. Dentate-stamped and other decorated a maritime chiefdom matched only in complexity and 53 RS, DVB, EN:
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