Lapita
/læˈpiːtə/noun
usu. as modifier
- Archaeology a prehistoric Oceanic culture centred on Melanesia, dated to about c.1500- 500 BC. It is characterized by pottery distinctively stamped with a toothed instrument.【考古】拉皮塔文化（约公元前1500- 前500, 以美拉尼西亚为中心的史前大洋洲文明, 以用齿状工具刻花的陶器为其特征）。
词源
mid 20th cent.: from the name of a site in New Caledonia.