Lapita

Japanese: Lapita
Lapita

…The oldest pottery in Oceania, found in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of New Britain in the Bismarck Islands of Melanesia, and in western Polynesia from 1600 BC to AD. It was first discovered on Watom Island on the northeast coast of New Britain, but the name was given to this type after it was unearthed at the Lapita site in New Caledonia. It is a fragile pottery that can be fired at a low temperature, and sand and shell powder were used as additives to the clay. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Lapita" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…南西太平洋,メラネシアのビズマーク諸島ニューブリテン島以東,西ポリネシアまでにわたって,紀元前1600年から紀元ころにかけて分布したオセアニア最古の土器。ニューブリテン島北東岸のワトム島から最初に発見されたが,ニューカレドニア島ラピタLapita遺跡からの出土により型式名となった。焼成温度の低いこわれやすい土器で,粘土の添加物として砂や貝殻粉が使われた。…

※「Lapita」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Lapithes (English spelling)

>>:  lapiés (English spelling)

Recommend

Miyazaki Prefecture - Miyazaki

A prefecture located in the southeastern part of K...

Supreme Court - saikō saibansho

The highest organ of the state responsible for ju...

Incas - Inca

...means sun in Quechua. In the religion of the I...

Afanas'eva (English spelling)

…a sub-Neolithic (Chalcolithic) culture from the ...

Counterfeit money - Nisegan

Counterfeit currency (including paper money). Its ...

Wang Jia-yin; Wang Chia-yin

[raw]? [Died] 1631 A leader of a peasant revolt in...

Antakya - Antakya (English spelling)

The capital of Hatay province, on the southeaster...

Wet dream -

〘 noun 〙 The occurrence of ejaculation accompanied...

Ndola

A city in the central north of Zambia. It is a min...

STL - STL

《 Standard Template Library 》A library that comes ...

Shoho (English spelling) chao fǎ

A monopoly system developed in the Song Dynasty in...

Iko Myoan - Iko Myoan

Year of death: December 3, 10 (January 2, 1568) Ye...

Prohibition of Christianity - Kinkyorei

The Edo Shogunate issued a decree banning Christi...

foxglove

...The capsule is oval and 1.5 cm long. The genus...

"Karatachi no Hana" - Karatachi no Hana

...However, in September of the same year, many k...