Polynesian Expansion By Alfin_Joseph Period: 1500 BCE to 1000 BCE The Lapita people spread acroos Polynesia Period: 1500 BCE to 1000 BCE The Lapita people spread across Polynesia Period: 1500 BCE to 1000 BCE The Lapita people spread across Polynesia 1300 BCE Lapita culture begin to sail from islands in the Bismarck Archipelago (just east of New Guinea), eastward into the Pacific. 1300 BCE Lapita culture begin to sail from islands in the Bismarck Archipelago (just east of New Guinea), eastward into the Pacific. 300 Polynesians settle the Marquess and Hawaiian Islands 700 Polynesians settle in Easter Island 1000 Polynesians arrive in New Zealand 1300 Lapita culture begin to sail from islands in the Bismarck Archipelago (just east of New Guinea), eastward into the Pacific.
