Abstract
Fiji was first settled by Melanesians around 1,500 BC. They travelled east in double-hulled canoes from settlements in present-day Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Their Lapita culture, an agriculturalist and partially mobile maritime way of life, is thought to have originated in southeast Asia. Remains of canoes made from indigenous Fijian trees found in Tonga point to long-standing trade links across the western Pacific.
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