Lapita

Meaning

Proper Noun

An ancient material culture of Oceania who may have spoken Proto-Oceanic and were the ancestors of many modern peoples in the region.

Origin

Coined 1952 by Edwin Gifford from Haveke xapeta'a, believed to be in reference to archeological excavations in New Caledonia.

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