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The human history of Solomon Islands begins with the first Papuan settlement at least 30,000 years ago from New Guinea. They represented the furthest expansion of humans into the Pacific until the expansion of Austronesian-language speakers through the area around 4000 BC, bringing new agricultural and maritime technology.
The Solomon Islands were initially settled by at least 2000 bce —well before the archaeological record begins—probably by people of the Austronesian language group. Pottery of the Lapita culture was in use in Santa Cruz and the Reef Islands about 1500 bce.
3 dni temu · Prehistory. The Solomon Islands were initially settled by at least 2000 bce —well before the archaeological record begins—probably by people of the Austronesian language group. Pottery of the Lapita culture was in use in Santa Cruz and the Reef Islands about 1500 bce.
The Solomons were first settled by people coming from the Bismarck Islands and New Guinea during the Pleistocene era c. 30,000–28,000 BC, based on archaeological evidence found at Kilu Cave on Buka Island in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. [19][20] At this point sea levels were lower and Buka and Bougainville were physic...
4 dni temu · Solomon Islands is a country consisting of a double chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in Melanesia, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Once a British protectorate, Solomon Islands achieved independence as a republic in 1978. Honiara, on Guadalcanal Island, is the capital and largest city.
The Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopaedia, 1893-1978 contains more than 700 entries on places, historical events, institutions, concepts and individuals. This is the first digital Encyclopaedia for any Pacific Island nation and enables access to the colonial years of the Solomon Islands.
30 lis 2017 · A chronology of key events: 1899 - Germany cedes the northern Solomon islands to the United Kingdom, which had declared a protectorate over the southern Solomon islands in 1893. 1942 - During ...
