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Man standing next to largest known erected latte stone, at House of Taga Fallen stones at House of Taga. The prehistoric latte stone pillars (also called taga stones) at House of Taga stood 15 feet (4.6 m) high, and were quarried about 4,000 feet (1,200 m) south of the site. [2]
Rota Latte Stone Quarry, also known as the As Nieves quarry, is located near the Chamorro village of Sinapalo, on the island of Rota in the Marianas Archipelago.The prehistoric megaliths found there are believed to have been used as foundation pillars for houses, with some of them weighing up to 35 tons.
Known distribution of the Lapita culture Reconstruction of the face of a Lapita woman exhibited in the National Museum of Ethnology of Japan. The Lapita culture is the name given to a Neolithic Austronesian people and their distinct material culture, who settled Island Melanesia via a seaborne migration at around 1600 to 500 BCE.
At that time, it was unclear who owned Jarvis and other small uninhabited islands in the same general area. [196] The beginning of World War II — and the Japanese military's advancement across the Pacific — made it crucial for the United States to gain ownership of such islands. [ 196 ]
It also has a latte stone wall, consisting of six columns and five slabs, that is more than 50 feet (15 m) long. [2] The site has been radiocarbon dated to c. 1000 BCE. The site was first sketched in the early 19th century by the French explorer Louis de Freycinet , and was in remarkably intact condition (compared to those sketches) in the 1980s.
The apparent board game bears some similarities to other prehistoric games from other cultures, including senet, an Egyptian game, as well as Mancala, which originated in Jordan.
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The Laulau Kattan Latte Site is a prehistoric archaeological site on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands.Located near the shore of Laulau Bay, it is a small village site containing the remains of four latte stone house foundations, and an extensive scattering of pottery artifacts.