History of Samoa, Settlement of Samoans, Culture and tradition, Introduction to the History of Samoa: The following discussion focuses on Samoa since European contact.
Characteristics of the Samoan Language indicate that the settlers probab.
For additional treatment in a regional context, see Pacific Islands, History of.
Early periodPolynesians traveling in outrigger canoes arrived in the Samoan archipelago about 1000 bc, as indicated by Lapita pottery shards found in Mulifanua Lagoon on Upolu.
History of Samoa, Settlement of Samoans, Culture and tradition, Introduction to the History of Samoa: The following discussion focuses on Samoa since European contact