Austronesian cultures

Connected Sites: 16

Definition

The Austronesians are a group of peoples originating in Taiwan who spread around SE Asia, the Pacific and the Indian Ocean between 3000 and 1500 BC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austronesian_peoples

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Connected Sites

Borobudur

Indonesia

Inscribed: 1991

4.27

202

9

Javanese
My Son

Viet Nam

Inscribed: 1999

3.03

184

7

Built by the Cham and still considered sacred by them
Prambanan

Indonesia

Inscribed: 1991

3.80

187

9

Javanese
Yogyakarta

Indonesia

Inscribed: 2023

2.95

171

5

Javanese
Chief Roi Mata's Domain

Vanuatu

Inscribed: 2008

2.16

20

5

The Ni-Vanuatu are a Melanesian people, but they adopted Austronesian languages during the Austronesian expansion
Marquesas Islands

France

Inscribed: 2024

3

0

Marquesan
Tongariro National Park

New Zealand

Inscribed: 1990

3.66

119

6

Maori
Taputapuātea

France

Inscribed: 2017

3.00

13

2

Tahitian
Rock Islands

Palau

Inscribed: 2012

4.00

33

6

Palauan
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras

Philippines

Inscribed: 1995

3.76

74

17

Igorot Peoples
Rapa Nui

Chile

Inscribed: 1995

4.49

111

13

Rapa Nui
Papahanaumokuakea

United States of America

Inscribed: 2010

3.11

8

1

Hawaiian
Nan Madol

Micronesia

Inscribed: 2016

3.53

16

7

Pohnpeian
Bali Subak system

Indonesia

Inscribed: 2012

3.16

212

7

Balenese
Ambohimanga

Madagascar

Inscribed: 2001

2.54

45

4

Malagasy
Melaka and George Town

Malaysia

Inscribed: 2008

3.01

246

9