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Chief Roi Mata's living domain

c. seventeenth century-present memory and customary protection · Efate, Lelepa and Artok, Vanuatu

Settlement, burial and cave places associated with Roi Mata form a community-managed landscape where archaeology and continuing oral traditions preserve chiefly authority and remembered social reforms.

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How the setting appeared

Coastal villages, gardens, reef passages, a burial island and cave sites form a connected land-and-sea domain.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-ROI-MATACIT-OA-ANU-ROI-MATA-DOMAIN Setting and material context · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

Families gardened, fished, sailed and maintained customary governance across islands while respecting long-standing tabu places.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-ROI-MATACIT-OA-ANU-ROI-MATA-DOMAIN Lifeways and community · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people worked

Canoe building, navigation, horticulture, fishing, weaving and ceremonial preparation sustained communities.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-ROI-MATACIT-OA-ANU-ROI-MATA-DOMAIN Work, tools and exchange · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

Tabu restrictions and spiritual meanings remain under customary authority; public interpretation must not disclose or invent protected knowledge.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-ROI-MATACIT-OA-ANU-ROI-MATA-DOMAIN Belief, ritual and evidence limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

World-atlas stage: Oceanic empires
Region: Oceania · Efate, Lelepa and Artok, Vanuatu
Languages and scripts: Efate-area Oceanic languages; Bislama; English; French
Important people: Roi Mata; Mangaliliu and Lelepa customary owners and communities
Events and changes: Life and death of Roi Mata; Maintenance of tabu landscapes; Community-led heritage protection
Evidence confidence: High for the continuing cultural landscape; exact biographical dates and restricted narratives are not resolved by archaeology alone.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-ROI-MATACIT-OA-ANU-ROI-MATA-DOMAIN Dates, place, language, people, events and confidence · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

The local map uses modern coastlines only for orientation. The marker identifies this record's geographic anchor, not the full reach of a community or polity.

Map geometry loads only when requested. Modern outlines are orientation only; historical geography and identities changed through time.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-ROI-MATACIT-OA-ANU-ROI-MATA-DOMAIN Historical-geography anchor and stated limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Evidence register

Guides used for this record

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CIT-UNESCO-ROI-MATA

Chief Roi Mata's Domain

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1280/

UNESCO World Heritage Centre

CIT-OA-ANU-ROI-MATA-DOMAIN

Chief Roi Mata's Domain: challenges for a World Heritage cultural landscape

https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/96e98eb3-d54c-4f03-bb07-6730e7bd55cc/content

Australian National University Open Research Repository

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